ballooning
/bəˈluːnɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
ballooning is spelled B-A-L-L-O-O-N-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ballooning means “Growing rapidly as a balloon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ballooning?
| Letters | 10: B-A-L-L-O-O-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ballooning?
Ballooning appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ballooning?
- /bəˈluːnɪŋ/
Ballooning has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-ballooning.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ballooning
- balloonings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ballooning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Growing rapidly as a balloon.
The ballooning economy was out of control.
- 2
Rising high in the air.
The cricketer hit a ballooning shot for six runs.
noun
- 1
The act of something that swells or expands.
- 2
The sport or hobby of flying in a hot-air balloon.
When he retired, he took up ballooning.
- 3
The mechanical kiting used by spiders, mites, caterpillars, etc. to travel through the air.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of balloon
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).