crowing
/ˈkɹoʊɪŋ/noun, verb
crowing is spelled C-R-O-W-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crowing means “A cry of joy or pleasure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crowing is crowings.
How many letters and syllables are in crowing?
| Letters | 7: C-R-O-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,129th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is crowing?
Crowing appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th 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 crowing?
- UK /ˈkɹəʊɪŋ/
- US /ˈkɹoʊɪŋ/
Crowing 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)-Vealhurl-crowing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with crowing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as crowing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of crowing
- crowings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crowing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cry of joy or pleasure.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of crow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).