decommissioning
noun, verb
decommissioning is spelled D-E-C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N-I-N-G: 15 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, decommissioning means “The act by which something is decommissioned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of decommissioning is decommissionings.
How many letters and syllables are in decommissioning?
| Letters | 15: D-E-C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th 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 decommissioning?
Decommissioning appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 decommissioning?
- US
Decommissioning has 5 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-decommissioning.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of decommissioning
- decommissionings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does decommissioning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something is decommissioned.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of decommission
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).