Boeing
/ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/noun
Boeing is spelled B-O-E-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Boeing means “An aircraft produced by the Boeing company” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Boeing is Boeings.
How many letters and syllables are in Boeing?
| Letters | 6: B-O-E-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th 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 Boeing?
Boeing appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th 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 Boeing?
- US /ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/
- British /ˈbəʊ.ɪŋ/
Boeing 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-Boeing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Boeing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Boeing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɪŋ/):
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 Boeing
- Boeings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Boeing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An aircraft produced by the Boeing company.
Southwest Airlines' fleet consists of all Boeings, without a single Airbus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Boeing come from?
Anglicized spelling of the German surname Böing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).