cloaking
noun, verb
cloaking is spelled C-L-O-A-K-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cloaking means “The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cloaking is cloakings.
How many letters and syllables are in cloaking?
| Letters | 8: C-L-O-A-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th 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 cloaking?
Cloaking appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 cloaking?
Cloaking 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).
Forms of cloaking
- cloakings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cloaking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
May 15, 1555, Hugh Latimer, letter to the lovers of God's truth to take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings
- 2
The material from which cloaks are made.
- 3
The technique of presenting search engine spiders with content that differs from that seen by human users, usually for spamdexing purposes.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of cloak
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cloaking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense science fiction:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | invisibilización, camuflaje activo |
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.