chatting
/ˈt͡ʃætɪŋ/noun, verb
chatting is spelled C-H-A-T-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chatting means “Talk; chatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chatting is chattings.
How many letters and syllables are in chatting?
| Letters | 8: C-H-A-T-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.9 times per million words; the 10,028th 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 chatting?
Chatting appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th 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 chatting?
- /ˈt͡ʃætɪŋ/
Chatting 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-chatting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chatting
- chattings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chatting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Talk; chatter.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of chat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).