blasting
noun, verb
blasting is spelled B-L-A-S-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blasting means “A planned explosion, as in mining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blasting is blastings.
How many letters and syllables are in blasting?
| Letters | 8: B-L-A-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 blasting?
Blasting appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th 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 blasting?
Blasting 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).
What rhymes with blasting?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as blasting.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stabling.
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 blasting
- blastings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blasting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A planned explosion, as in mining.
- 2
The act by which something is blasted, or blighted.
- 3
slangAdministering full dosage of PEDs as opposed to lowering them during times of so-called cruising.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of blast
The TV is blasting. Please turn it down!
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of BLAST
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does blasting come from?
From Middle English blastyng, blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (gerundive ending).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).