coating
/ˈkoʊtɪŋ/noun, verb
coating is spelled C-O-A-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coating means “A thin outer layer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coating is coatings.
How many letters and syllables are in coating?
| Letters | 7: C-O-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is coating?
Coating appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th 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 coating?
- UK /ˈkəʊtɪŋ/
- US /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/
- US [ˈkʰoʊ̯ɾɪŋ]
Coating 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-coating.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with coating?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as coating from its last stressed vowel (/oʊtɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cotinga.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of coating
- coatings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A thin outer layer.
They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.
- 2
archaicCloth for making coats.
- 3
slangA telling-off; a reprimand.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of coat
We spent hours coating the truffles with cocoa powder so they wouldn't be sticky.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coating in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a thin outer layer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | couche, pellicule, enrobage |
| German | Beschichtung |
| Portuguese | camada |
| Spanish | capa, recubrimiento |
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.