blazing
/ˈbleɪzɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
blazing is spelled B-L-A-Z-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, blazing means “Very fast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in blazing?
| Letters | 7: B-L-A-Z-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th 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 blazing?
Blazing appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 blazing?
- /ˈbleɪzɪŋ/
Blazing 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: En-au-blazing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of blazing
- blazings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blazing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
informalVery fast.
- 2
slangSexually attractive.
- 3
Of tremendous intensity, heat (thermal energy) or fervor; white-hot.
- 4
informalExceedingly angry.
The divorced couple had a blazing row.
noun
- 1
The act of something that blazes or burns.
the blazings of many fires
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of blaze
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blazing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | flamígero |
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.