comforting
com·fort·ing/ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
comforting is spelled C-O-M-F-O-R-T-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables (com·fort·ing). It appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, comforting means “Giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in comforting?
| Letters | 10: C-O-M-F-O-R-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: com·fort·ing |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th 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 comforting?
Comforting appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th 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 comforting?
- US /ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/
- UK /ˈkʌm.fə.tɪŋ/
Comforting has 3 syllables, split com·fort·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-comforting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of comforting
- more comforting comparative
- most comforting superlative
- comfortings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does comforting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress.
Your comforting words help ease my mind.
noun
- 1
The act of giving comfort.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of comfort
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Comforting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense giving comfort:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rassurant, réconfortant |
| German | tröstlich, beruhigend, ermutigend, tröstend, trostreich |
| Spanish | consolador, reconfortante |
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.