chortling
/ˈt͡ʃoɹtəlɪŋ/noun, verb
chortling is spelled C-H-O-R-T-L-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chortling means “The act of giving a chortle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chortling is chortlings.
How many letters and syllables are in chortling?
| Letters | 9: C-H-O-R-T-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st 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 chortling?
Chortling appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 chortling?
- US /ˈt͡ʃoɹtəlɪŋ/
Chortling has 3 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)-StalJosA-chortling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chortling
- chortlings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chortling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of giving a chortle.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of chortle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).