chafing
/ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ/noun, verb
chafing is spelled C-H-A-F-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chafing means “The act by which something is chafed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chafing is chafings.
How many letters and syllables are in chafing?
| Letters | 7: C-H-A-F-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd 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 chafing?
Chafing appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 chafing?
- /ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ/
- /ˈtʃeɪfɪnɡ/
Chafing 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-chafing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chafing
- chafings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chafing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something is chafed.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of chafe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chafing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the rubbing together of objects:
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.