dipping
/ˈdɪpɪŋ/noun, verb
dipping is spelled D-I-P-P-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dipping means “An act or process of immersing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dipping is dippings.
How many letters and syllables are in dipping?
| Letters | 7: D-I-P-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th 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 dipping?
Dipping appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 dipping?
- /ˈdɪpɪŋ/
Dipping 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)-Vealhurl-dipping.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dipping
- dippings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dipping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act or process of immersing.
- 2
The act of inclining downward.
- 3
The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
- 4
The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
- 5
USThe use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
- 6
The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of dip
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dipping in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an act or processing of immersing:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Eintauchen |
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.