celling
noun, verb
celling is spelled C-E-L-L-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, celling means “confinement in a cell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in celling?
| Letters | 7: C-E-L-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is celling?
Celling appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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).
What does celling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
confinement in a cell
The prison was so crowded that they had to resort to double celling and then triple celling.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of cell
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does celling come from?
From cell + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).