casing
/ˈkeɪsɪŋ/noun, verb
casing is spelled C-A-S-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, casing means “That which encloses or encases” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of casing is casings.
How many letters and syllables are in casing?
| Letters | 6: C-A-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th 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 casing?
Casing appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th 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 casing?
- /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/
Casing 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-casing.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of casing
- casings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does casing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
That which encloses or encases.
Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn’t burst.
- 2
The decorative trim around a door or window.
- 3
A metal pipe used to line the borehole of a well.
- 4
The state of letter case across a whole phrase or whole lines of text; the collective state/arrangement of uppercase and lowercase letters.
The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.
- 5
datedA tire.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of case
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Casing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that which encloses or encases:
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.