cocooning
noun, verb
cocooning is spelled C-O-C-O-O-N-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cocooning means “The formation of a cocoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cocooning is cocoonings.
How many letters and syllables are in cocooning?
| Letters | 9: C-O-C-O-O-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th 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 cocooning?
Cocooning appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th 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 cocooning?
Cocooning has 3 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 cocooning
- cocoonings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cocooning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The formation of a cocoon.
- 2
The act of staying inside one's home, insulated from perceived danger, instead of going out.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of cocoon
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cocooning come from?
The sense of staying in one's home was coined by American futurologist Faith Popcorn in 1981.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).