befitting
/bɪˈfɪt.ɪŋ/adjective, verb
befitting is spelled B-E-F-I-T-T-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, befitting means “Appropriate, becoming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in befitting?
| Letters | 9: B-E-F-I-T-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th 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 befitting?
Befitting appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 befitting?
- UK /bɪˈfɪt.ɪŋ/
- US /bɪˈfɪt.ɪŋ/
- US [bɪˈfɪɾ.ɪŋ]
Befitting has 3 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-befitting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with befitting?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as befitting from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtɪŋ/):
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 befitting
- more befitting comparative
- most befitting superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does befitting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Appropriate, becoming.
He moved with a befitting grace.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of befit
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).