caulking
noun, verb
caulking is spelled C-A-U-L-K-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, caulking means “A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caulking is caulkings.
How many letters and syllables are in caulking?
| Letters | 8: C-A-U-L-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd 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 caulking?
Caulking appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd 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 caulking?
Caulking 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).
Forms of caulking
- caulkings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caulking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
Oakum was used for the caulking of the hulls of wooden ships.
- 2
An act/process of sealing using this material.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of caulk
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Caulking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sealing material:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | calafateante, masilla, impermeabilizante, hidrófugo, fragua |
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.