belching
/ˈbɛlt͡ʃɪŋ/noun, verb
belching is spelled B-E-L-C-H-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, belching means “The art of producing a belch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of belching is belchings.
How many letters and syllables are in belching?
| Letters | 8: B-E-L-C-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,838th 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 belching?
Belching appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th 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 belching?
- /ˈbɛlt͡ʃɪŋ/
Belching 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)-Sapaa-belching.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of belching
- belchings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does belching mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The art of producing a belch.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of belch
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Belching in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense noun:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | eructación fuerte, fuerte eructación |
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.