bedding
/ˈbɛdɪŋ/noun, verb
bedding is spelled B-E-D-D-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bedding means “The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bedding is beddings.
How many letters and syllables are in bedding?
| Letters | 7: B-E-D-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bedding?
Bedding appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 bedding?
- US /ˈbɛdɪŋ/
- US [ˈbɛɾɪŋ]
Bedding 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-bedding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bedding?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bedding from its last stressed vowel (/ɛdɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bedding
- beddings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bedding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
- 2
UKThe textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring).
- 3
Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
- 4
A structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface.
- 5
The temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of bed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bedding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Bettwäsche, Bettzeug |
| Portuguese | roupa de cama , cama |
| Spanish | ropa de cama , lecho |
| French | litière |
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 bedding come from?
From Middle English bedding, beddyng, from Old English bedding (“bedding”), equivalent to bed + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).