declaring
de·clar·ing/dɪˈklɛɹɪŋ/noun, verb
declaring is spelled D-E-C-L-A-R-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables (de·clar·ing). It appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, declaring means “The act of making something known; announcing; proclaiming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of declaring is declarings.
How many letters and syllables are in declaring?
| Letters | 9: D-E-C-L-A-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: de·clar·ing |
| In writing | 6.6 times per million words; the 9,313th 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 declaring?
Declaring appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th 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 declaring?
- US /dɪˈklɛɹɪŋ/
- UK /dɪˈklɛəɹɪŋ/
Declaring has 3 syllables, split de·clar·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-declaring.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with declaring?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as declaring from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹɪŋ/):
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 declaring
- declarings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does declaring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of making something known; announcing; proclaiming
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of declare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does declaring come from?
From Middle English declaring, declaryng, declaringe, declarynge, equivalent to declare + -ing (gerund ending).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).