cooling
cool·ing/ˈkulɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
cooling is spelled C-O-O-L-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (cool·ing). It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, cooling means “That cools” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cooling?
| Letters | 7: C-O-O-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cool·ing |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cooling?
Cooling appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 cooling?
- UK /ˈkuːlɪŋ/
- US /ˈkulɪŋ/
Cooling has 2 syllables, split cool·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-cooling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cooling?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cooling from its last stressed vowel (/ulɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cooling
- more cooling comparative
- most cooling superlative
- coolings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cooling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That cools.
- 2
Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.
noun
- 1
A decrease in temperature.
- 2
Refrigeration.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of cool
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cooling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | refrigerante , arrefecimento, refrigeração |
| Spanish | refrigerante , enfriamiento |
| French | refroidissement |
| German | Kühlung |
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.
Where does cooling come from?
By surface analysis, cool + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).