boarding
/ˈbɔː.dɪŋ/noun, verb
boarding is spelled B-O-A-R-D-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boarding means “The act of people getting aboard a ship, aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boarding is boardings.
How many letters and syllables are in boarding?
| Letters | 8: B-O-A-R-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.1 times per million words; the 7,553rd 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 boarding?
Boarding appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd 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 boarding?
- /ˈbɔː.dɪŋ/
- /ˈbɔɹ.dɪŋ/
Boarding 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-boarding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of boarding
- boardings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boarding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of people getting aboard a ship, aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.
- 2
The act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it.
- 3
A structure made of boards.
- 4
The riding of a skateboard.
- 5
A penalty called for pushing into the boards.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of board
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boarding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | embarquement , abordage |
| German | Einschiffung |
| Portuguese | embarque |
| Spanish | embarque, embarco , entablado |
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.
Where does boarding come from?
By surface analysis, board + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).