contracting
adjective, noun, verb
contracting is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-I-N-G: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, contracting means “Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in contracting?
| Letters | 11: C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th 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 contracting?
Contracting appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th 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 contracting?
Contracting 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 contracting
- contractings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does contracting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.
noun
- 1
The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction.
the contractings of his muscles
- 2
Work done on a contract basis.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of contract
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).