cloning
/ˈkloʊnɪŋ/noun, verb
cloning is spelled C-L-O-N-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cloning means “The production of an exact copy of an object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cloning is clonings.
How many letters and syllables are in cloning?
| Letters | 7: C-L-O-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th 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 cloning?
Cloning appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th 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 cloning?
- /ˈkloʊnɪŋ/
Cloning 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-cloning.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cloning
- clonings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cloning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The production of an exact copy of an object.
- 2
The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of clone
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cloning in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense production of a cloned embryo:
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.