braking
/ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/noun, verb
braking is spelled B-R-A-K-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, braking means “The act of applying brakes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of braking is brakings.
How many letters and syllables are in braking?
| Letters | 7: B-R-A-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
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 braking?
Braking appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 braking?
- /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/
Braking 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-braking.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with braking
Sounds like: breaking (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with braking?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as braking.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: barking.
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 braking
- brakings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does braking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of applying brakes.
the acceleratings and brakings of a vehicle
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of brake
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Braking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense applying of brakes:
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.