churching
noun, verb
churching is spelled C-H-U-R-C-H-I-N-G: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, churching means “The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of churching is churchings.
How many letters and syllables are in churching?
| Letters | 9: C-H-U-R-C-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is churching?
Churching appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th 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).
Forms of churching
- churchings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does churching mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth.
The churching of women traditionally includes thanksgiving for the women's survival of childbirth.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of church
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).