bathing
/ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)/noun, verb
bathing is spelled B-A-T-H-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bathing means “The act of taking a bath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bathing is bathings.
How many letters and syllables are in bathing?
| Letters | 7: B-A-T-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st 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 bathing?
Bathing appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st 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 bathing?
- UK /ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)/
As a verb: /ˈbæθ.ɪŋ/.
Bathing has 2 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: En-us-bathing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bathing
- bathings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bathing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of taking a bath.
- 2
The act of swimming.
There is no bathing at this beach.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of bathe
Bathing in the sea is considered healthy.
- 2
present participle and gerund of bath
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bathing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of bathing:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bathing come from?
From Middle English bathynge; equivalent to bathe + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).