claiming
/ˈkleɪmɪŋ/noun, verb
claiming is spelled C-L-A-I-M-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, claiming means “The act of making a claim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of claiming is claimings.
How many letters and syllables are in claiming?
| Letters | 8: C-L-A-I-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,076th 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 claiming?
Claiming appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th 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 claiming?
- /ˈkleɪmɪŋ/
Claiming 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). Recordings: En-us-claiming.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of claiming
- claimings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does claiming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of making a claim.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of claim
It isn't that they are claiming they are right; they are claiming you are wrong.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).