batting
/ˈbætɪŋ/noun, verb
batting is spelled B-A-T-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, batting means “Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of batting is battings.
How many letters and syllables are in batting?
| Letters | 7: B-A-T-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.9 times per million words; the 9,045th 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 batting?
Batting appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th 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 batting?
- /ˈbætɪŋ/
Batting 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-au-batting.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of batting
- battings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does batting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
- 2
Special cotton for surgery.
- 3
The act of someone who bats.
the battings of her eyelashes
- 4
The action of using a bat.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of bat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Batting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bourre, rembourrage , ouate |
| Spanish | guata |
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 batting come from?
From bat + -ing, batt + -ing (“material, collection”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).