canning
/ˈkænɪŋ/noun, verb
canning is spelled C-A-N-N-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, canning means “The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of canning is cannings.
How many letters and syllables are in canning?
| Letters | 7: C-A-N-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th 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 canning?
Canning appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 canning?
- /ˈkænɪŋ/
Canning 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-canning.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of canning
- cannings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does canning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can).
- 2
The practice of collecting aluminum cans or other recyclable objects; making money by collecting and selling such things.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of can (“to seal in a can”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Canning in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense preserving process:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mise en conserve, mise en boîte |
| Portuguese | enlatamento |
| Spanish | enlatado, conservería |
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.