clinging
cling·ing/ˈklɪŋɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
clinging is spelled C-L-I-N-G-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (cling·ing). It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, clinging means “Clingy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in clinging?
| Letters | 8: C-L-I-N-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cling·ing |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th 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 clinging?
Clinging appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th 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 clinging?
- /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/
Clinging has 2 syllables, split cling·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-clinging.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of clinging
- clingings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clinging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Clingy.
noun
- 1
The act of one who clings.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of cling
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).