counting
count·ing/ˈkaʊ.nɪŋ/noun, verb
counting is spelled C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (count·ing). It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,521st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, counting means “A count” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of counting is countings.
How many letters and syllables are in counting?
| Letters | 8: C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: count·ing |
| In writing | 19 times per million words; the 4,521st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is counting?
Counting appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,521st 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 counting?
- /ˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/
- US /ˈkaʊ.nɪŋ/
- /ˈkuːn.tɪn/
Counting has 2 syllables, split count·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-counting.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of counting
- countings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does counting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A count.
- 2
The act by which something is counted.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of count
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Counting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.