dancing
danc·ing/ˈdæns.ɪŋ/noun, verb
dancing is spelled D-A-N-C-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (danc·ing). It appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,992nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dancing means “The activity of taking part in a dance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dancing is dancings.
How many letters and syllables are in dancing?
| Letters | 7: D-A-N-C-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: danc·ing |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,992nd 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; 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 dancing?
Dancing appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,992nd 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 dancing?
- UK /ˈdɑːns.ɪŋ/
- US /ˈdæns.ɪŋ/
- [dɛə̯ns.ɪŋ]
Dancing has 2 syllables, split danc·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-dancing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dancing?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dancing from its last stressed vowel (/ænsɪŋ/):
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 dancing
- dancings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dancing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The activity of taking part in a dance.
- 2
A dance club in France.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of dance
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dancing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense activity of dancing:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Tanzen |
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 dancing come from?
From dance + -ing. The sense "dance club" is from French dancing, a pseudo-anglicism derived from English dance + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).