boxing
box·ing/ˈbɑːksɪŋ/noun, verb
boxing is spelled B-O-X-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables (box·ing). It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boxing means “A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boxing is boxings.
How many letters and syllables are in boxing?
| Letters | 6: B-O-X-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: box·ing |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,407th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is boxing?
Boxing appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th 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 boxing?
- UK /ˈbɒksɪŋ/
- US /ˈbɑːksɪŋ/
Boxing has 2 syllables, split box·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-boxing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of boxing
- boxings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boxing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
- 2
Material used for making boxes or casing.
- 3
Casing.
- 4
Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of box
- 2
present participle and gerund of box
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boxing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the sport of boxing:
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 boxing come from?
From box (“to punch”) + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).