cheating
/ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
cheating is spelled C-H-E-A-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cheating means “An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cheating is cheatings.
How many letters and syllables are in cheating?
| Letters | 8: C-H-E-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cheating?
Cheating appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 cheating?
- /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/
Cheating 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-cheating.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cheating?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cheating.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: teaching.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cheating
- cheatings plural
- more cheating comparative
- most cheating superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cheating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
- 2
The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.
adjective
- 1
Unsporting or underhand.
- 2
Unfaithful or adulterous.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of cheat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cheating in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Falschspiel, Betrügerei, Schiebung, Schwindel, Mogelei, Schummelei |
| Spanish | trampa, fullería, albardilla, trafa, transa |
| Portuguese | traidor, infiel |
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.