bating
/ˈbeɪtɪŋ/adjective, verb
bating is spelled B-A-T-I-N-G: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bating means “Of the moon, when it is waning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bating?
| Letters | 6: B-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bating?
Bating appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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 bating?
- /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-bating.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bating
Sounds like: baiting (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of bating
- more bating comparative
- most bating superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of the moon, when it is waning.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of bate
preposition
- 1
archaicApart from; except.
‘The laws of religious society, bating those which are only subservient to the order necessary to their execution, are immutable, not subject to any authority of the society, but only proposed by and within the society, but made by a lawgiv
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).