chewing
noun, verb
chewing is spelled C-H-E-W-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chewing means “The act by which something is chewed on; mastication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chewing is chewings.
How many letters and syllables are in chewing?
| Letters | 7: C-H-E-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th 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 chewing?
Chewing appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 chewing?
Chewing 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 chewing
- chewings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chewing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
- 2
The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
- 3
The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of chew
The goat is chewing on your shirt!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does chewing come from?
From Middle English chewyng, chewynge, from Old English ċīwung, ċȳwung, ċēowung (“chewing”), equivalent to chew + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).