beating
/ˈbiːtɪŋ/noun, verb
beating is spelled B-E-A-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, beating means “The action by which someone or something is beaten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of beating is beatings.
How many letters and syllables are in beating?
| Letters | 7: B-E-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 27 times per million words; the 3,422nd 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 beating?
Beating appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd 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 beating?
- /ˈbiːtɪŋ/
Beating 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-beating.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of beating
- beatings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action by which someone or something is beaten.
the beating of a drum
- 2
A heavy defeat or setback.
- 3
The pulsation of the heart.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of beat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Beating in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | battage , battement |
| German | Schlagen, Prügel, Verprüglung , Herzschlag , but see vernichtende Niederlage |
| Portuguese | sova, surra |
| Spanish | paliza, golpiza , latido |
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 beating come from?
By surface analysis, beat + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).