communicating
/kəˈmju.nəˌkeɪ.tɪŋ/adjective, verb
communicating is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-N-G: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, communicating means “Allowing people to pass directly between two rooms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in communicating?
| Letters | 13: C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.9 times per million words; the 10,028th 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 communicating?
Communicating appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th 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 communicating?
- UK /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/
- US /kəˈmju.nəˌkeɪ.tɪŋ/
Communicating has 5 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-communicating.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does communicating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Allowing people to pass directly between two rooms.
Our rooms are connected by a secret communicating passage.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of communicate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does communicating come from?
From communicate + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).