chipping
/ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/noun, verb
chipping is spelled C-H-I-P-P-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chipping means “A fragment broken off a larger object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chipping is chippings.
How many letters and syllables are in chipping?
| Letters | 8: C-H-I-P-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th 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 chipping?
Chipping appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 chipping?
- /ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/
Chipping 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 chipping
- chippings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chipping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fragment broken off a larger object.
- 2
The act of creating or producing chips, as by breaking something into small fragments, cutting potatoes, removing fragments from pottery, etc.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of chip
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does chipping come from?
From Middle English chippyng, chippynge, equivalent to chip + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).