conflicting
adjective, verb
conflicting is spelled C-O-N-F-L-I-C-T-I-N-G: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, conflicting means “Fighting; contending; in conflict” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in conflicting?
| Letters | 11: C-O-N-F-L-I-C-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th 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 conflicting?
Conflicting appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 conflicting?
Conflicting 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 conflicting
- more conflicting comparative
- most conflicting superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does conflicting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Fighting; contending; in conflict.
- 2
Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
in the absence of all conflicting evidence
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of conflict
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Conflicting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense [[fighting]]; [[contending]]:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | enfrentado, conflictuante, confligiente |
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.