cleaning
/ˈkliːnɪŋ/noun, verb
cleaning is spelled C-L-E-A-N-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,683rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cleaning means “The process of making something clean; a freeing from filth or dirt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cleaning is cleanings.
How many letters and syllables are in cleaning?
| Letters | 8: C-L-E-A-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,683rd 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 cleaning?
Cleaning appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,683rd 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 cleaning?
- /ˈkliːnɪŋ/
Cleaning 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cleaning.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cleaning
- cleanings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cleaning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of making something clean; a freeing from filth or dirt.
- 2
The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of clean
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cleaning in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense action in which something is cleaned:
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.