cheering
cheer·ing/ˈt͡ʃɪɹɪŋ/noun, verb
cheering is spelled C-H-E-E-R-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (cheer·ing). It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cheering means “A cheer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cheering is cheerings.
How many letters and syllables are in cheering?
| Letters | 8: C-H-E-E-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cheer·ing |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cheering?
Cheering appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th 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 cheering?
- US /ˈt͡ʃɪɹɪŋ/
- UK /ˈt͡ʃɪəɹɪŋ/
Cheering has 2 syllables, split cheer·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-cheering.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cheering?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cheering from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹɪŋ/):
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 cheering
- cheerings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cheering mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cheer.
The ships' yards were all fully manned, and the loud cheerings of the crews, and of the countless company in the surrounding boats, emulated the roar of the cannon.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of cheer
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).