bleaching
/ˈbliːt͡ʃɪŋ/noun, verb
bleaching is spelled B-L-E-A-C-H-I-N-G: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bleaching means “The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bleaching is bleachings.
How many letters and syllables are in bleaching?
| Letters | 9: B-L-E-A-C-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd 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 bleaching?
Bleaching appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd 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 bleaching?
- /ˈbliːt͡ʃɪŋ/
Bleaching 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)-Vealhurl-bleaching.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bleaching
- bleachings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bleaching mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
- 2
The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of bleach
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).