cladding
/ˈklædɪŋ/noun, verb
cladding is spelled C-L-A-D-D-I-N-G: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cladding means “Clothing; clothes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cladding is claddings.
How many letters and syllables are in cladding?
| Letters | 8: C-L-A-D-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th 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 cladding?
Cladding appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 cladding?
- /ˈklædɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cladding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cladding
- claddings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cladding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareClothing; clothes.
- 2
Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.
- 3
A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of clad
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cladding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an outside building covering:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | revêtement |
| German | Verkleidung |
| Spanish | revestimiento, recubrimiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cladding come from?
From clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).