carting
/ˈkɑːtɪŋ/noun, verb
carting is spelled C-A-R-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carting means “The transport of goods by cart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carting is cartings.
How many letters and syllables are in carting?
| Letters | 7: C-A-R-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 carting?
Carting appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd 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 carting?
- UK /ˈkɑːtɪŋ/
Carting 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).
What rhymes with carting?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as carting (/ɑtɪŋ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tracing.
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 carting
- cartings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The transport of goods by cart.
Near-synonym: wagonage
- 2
The transport of someone in a cart through the streets as part of a public punishment or humiliation.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of cart
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does carting come from?
From cart + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).