bloating
/ˈbloʊtɪŋ/noun, verb
bloating is spelled B-L-O-A-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bloating means “A bloated condition; distention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bloating is bloatings.
How many letters and syllables are in bloating?
| Letters | 8: B-L-O-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,703rd 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 bloating?
Bloating appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd 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 bloating?
- UK /ˈbləʊtɪŋ/
- US /ˈbloʊtɪŋ/
Bloating 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-bloating.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bloating?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bloating from its last stressed vowel (/oʊtɪŋ/):
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 bloating
- bloatings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bloating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bloated condition; distention.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of bloat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bloating in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bloated condition; distention:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Aufgedunsenheit, Blähung |
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.