crowdfunding
noun
crowdfunding is spelled C-R-O-W-D-F-U-N-D-I-N-G: 12 letters. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crowdfunding means “Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crowdfunding is crowdfundings.
How many letters and syllables are in crowdfunding?
| Letters | 12: C-R-O-W-D-F-U-N-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th 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 crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th 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 crowdfunding?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-crowdfunding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crowdfunding
- crowdfundings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crowdfunding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crowdfunding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pooling of money for a common goal:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | financement participatif, finance participative, sociofinancement |
| German | Crowdfunding, Schwarmfinanzierung |
| Portuguese | financiamento coletivo, vaquinha |
| Spanish | financiación colectiva, micromecenazgo |
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 crowdfunding come from?
From crowd + funding.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).