deciding
/dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
deciding is spelled D-E-C-I-D-I-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, deciding means “The act of making a decision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of deciding is decidings.
How many letters and syllables are in deciding?
| Letters | 8: D-E-C-I-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,957th 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 deciding?
Deciding appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th 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 deciding?
- /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/
Deciding has 3 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: En-us-deciding.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of deciding
- decidings plural
- more deciding comparative
- most deciding superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does deciding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of making a decision.
adjective
- 1
Resulting, having resulted, or having the potential to result in a decision or conclusion.
The cost turned out to be the deciding factor in our final choice.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of decide
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Deciding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense resulting, having resulted, or having the potential to result in a decision or c:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | decidiente, decididor |
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.