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binding

bind·ing/ˈbaɪndɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb

binding is spelled B-I-N-D-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (bind·ing). It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, binding means “Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in binding?

Letters7: B-I-N-D-I-N-G
Syllables2: bind·ing
In writing14 times per million words; the 5,679th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is binding?

Binding appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th 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 binding?

  • /ˈbaɪndɪŋ/

Binding has 2 syllables, split bind·ing in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-binding.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of binding

  • more binding comparative
  • most binding superlative
  • bindings plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does binding mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.

    This contract is a legally binding agreement.

  2. 2

    Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.

    Bananas and white bread are sometimes considered binding.

noun

  1. 1

    An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.

  2. 2

    The spine of a book where the pages are held together.

  3. 3

    A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.

  4. 4

    The association of a named item with an element of a program.

  5. 5

    The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.

    The Python binding is automatically generated.

  6. 6

    The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.

verb

  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of bind (a form of bind)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Binding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcontraignant (imposing stipulations or requirements that must…), reliure (spine of a book), liaison (chemistry: the sticking together)
Germanverbindlich (imposing stipulations or requirements that must…), Bindung (spine of a book)
Portuguesevinculante (imposing stipulations or requirements that must…), lombada, lombo, dorso (spine of a book), ligação (chemistry: the sticking together)
Spanishvinculante (imposing stipulations or requirements that must…), lomo (spine of a book), unión (chemistry: the sticking together)

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 binding come from?

From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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