buying
/ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ/noun, verb
buying is spelled B-U-Y-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 56 times per million words in written English, the 1,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, buying means “The act of making a purchase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of buying is buyings.
How many letters and syllables are in buying?
| Letters | 6: B-U-Y-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 56 times per million words; the 1,822nd 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 buying?
Buying appears 56 times per million words in written English, the 1,822nd 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 buying?
- /ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ/
Buying 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: En-us-buying.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of buying
- buyings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does buying mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of making a purchase.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of buy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Buying in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of making a purchase:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | kaufen |
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 buying come from?
From buy + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).