chasing
/ˈt͡ʃeɪsɪŋ/noun, verb
chasing is spelled C-H-A-S-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chasing means “Engraved or embossed decoration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chasing is chasings.
How many letters and syllables are in chasing?
| Letters | 7: C-H-A-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,878th 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 chasing?
Chasing appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th 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 chasing?
- /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɪŋ/
Chasing 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 chasing
- chasings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chasing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Engraved or embossed decoration.
gold with chasings of silver
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of chase
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).