declining
de·clin·ing/dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/noun, verb
declining is spelled D-E-C-L-I-N-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables (de·clin·ing). It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, declining means “decline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of declining is declinings.
How many letters and syllables are in declining?
| Letters | 9: D-E-C-L-I-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: de·clin·ing |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th 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 declining?
Declining appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th 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 declining?
- /dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/
Declining has 3 syllables, split de·clin·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-declining.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of declining
- declinings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does declining mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
decline
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of decline
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).