damaging
damag·ing/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
damaging is spelled D-A-M-A-G-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (damag·ing). It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, damaging means “Causing damage; harmful, injurious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in damaging?
| Letters | 8: D-A-M-A-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: damag·ing |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th 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 damaging?
Damaging appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th 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 damaging?
- UK /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
Damaging has 2 syllables, split damag·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-damaging.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of damaging
- more damaging comparative
- most damaging superlative
- damagings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does damaging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
noun
- 1
gerund of damage: an act of causing damage.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of damage
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Damaging in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense causing damage – see also harmful, injurious:
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 damaging come from?
From damage + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).