bluing
noun, verb
bluing is spelled B-L-U-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bluing means “A substance used in laundry to whiten clothes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bluing is bluings.
How many letters and syllables are in bluing?
| Letters | 6: B-L-U-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th 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 bluing?
Bluing appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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 bluing?
- US
Bluing 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)-Wodencafe-bluing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bluing
- bluings plural
- blueing
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bluing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A substance used in laundry to whiten clothes.
- 2
Any of several processes to protect steel against rust.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of blue
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bluing come from?
From blue + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).