croaking
noun, verb
croaking is spelled C-R-O-A-K-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, croaking means “The sound of something that croaks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of croaking is croakings.
How many letters and syllables are in croaking?
| Letters | 8: C-R-O-A-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 76,798th 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 croaking?
Croaking appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th 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 croaking?
- US
Croaking 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-croaking.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of croaking
- croakings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does croaking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The sound of something that croaks.
the croakings of frogs from the nearby pond
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of croak
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).