counseling
noun, verb
counseling is a noun meaning “Assistance (especially from a professional) in the resolution of personal difficulties” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-U-N-S-E-L-I-N-G and has 3 syllables, and it appears 7.8 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of counseling is counselings.
What does counseling mean?
noun
- 1
Assistance (especially from a professional) in the resolution of personal difficulties.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of counsel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce counseling?
Counseling 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 counseling
- counselings plural
- counselling UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is counseling?
Counseling appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th 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).
Words people confuse with counseling
Also written: counselling.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Counseling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense assistance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | conseil |
| Portuguese | aconselhamento |
| Spanish | asesoramiento |
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.