bing
/bɪŋ/noun, verb, interjection
bing is spelled B-I-N-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bing means “Solitary confinement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bing is bings.
How many letters and syllables are in bing?
| Letters | 4: B-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th 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 bing?
Bing appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 bing?
- /bɪŋ/
Bing has one syllable (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-au-bing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bing from its last stressed vowel (/ɪŋ/):
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 bing
- bings plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- binging participle, present
- binged participle, past
- ping
- ding
- bong
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangSolitary confinement.
- 2
ScotlandA slag heap, i.e. a man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining or the shale oil industry.
- 3
ScotlandThe waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
- 4
ScotlandUKA heap or pile, especially of metallic ore.
- 5
The sound made by a bell, an onomatopœia.
- 6
The sound made by a bounce.
- 7
A bounce.
interjection
- 1
The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface.
- 2
The high-pitched sound made by a bell being struck.
Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010, Jim Rankin Bing! Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes the captain will turn off the fasten seatbelt sign, but for your own safety we recommend you stay seated
verb
- 1
To bounce.
- 2
datedslangTo go; walk; come; run.
verb
- 1
To search for (something) on the Internet using the Bing search engine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bing come from?
From Middle English bing, binge, benge (also as Middle English byngger, bengere (“grain bin, hopper”)), from Old Norse bingr (“heap of corn; bed; bolster”), cognate with Scots bing, Swedish binge (“heap”), Danish bing (“bin; box; compartment”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic binnean meaning a small hill or slag heap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).