creaking
/ˈkɹiːkɪŋ/noun, verb
creaking is spelled C-R-E-A-K-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, creaking means “A noise that creaks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of creaking is creakings.
How many letters and syllables are in creaking?
| Letters | 8: C-R-E-A-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th 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 creaking?
Creaking appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th 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 creaking?
- /ˈkɹiːkɪŋ/
Creaking 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-creaking.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of creaking
- creakings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does creaking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A noise that creaks.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of creak
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).