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cowling

noun, verb

cowling is spelled C-O-W-L-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cowling means “A young or little cow; calf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cowling is cowlings.

How many letters and syllables are in cowling?

Letters7: C-O-W-L-I-N-G
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 cowling?

Cowling appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th 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 cowling?

    Cowling has 2 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 cowling

    • cowlings plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does cowling mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      A young or little cow; calf.

    2. 2

      A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle, etc.

    verb

    1. 1

      present participle and gerund of cowl (a form of cowl)

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Cowling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    LanguageWords
    GermanKalb (little cow), Verkleidung, Verschalung (covering)
    Frenchcapot (covering)

    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 cowling come from?

    From cow + -ling.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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