digging
/ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/noun, verb
digging is spelled D-I-G-G-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, digging means “The action performed by a person or thing that digs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of digging is diggings.
How many letters and syllables are in digging?
| Letters | 7: D-I-G-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.8 times per million words; the 7,224th 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 digging?
Digging appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th 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 digging?
- UK /ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/
Digging has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-digging.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of digging
- diggings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does digging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
- 2
A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
- 3
colloquialdatedAccommodation; lodgings; digs.
- 4
archaiccolloquialRegion; locality.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of dig
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Digging in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | cavío, cava |
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.