dodging
noun, verb
dodging is spelled D-O-D-G-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dodging means “The act of dodging; a dodge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dodging is dodgings.
How many letters and syllables are in dodging?
| Letters | 7: D-O-D-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th 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 dodging?
Dodging appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 dodging?
- US
Dodging 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)-Wodencafe-dodging.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dodging
- dodgings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dodging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of dodging; a dodge.
twistings and dodgings
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of dodge
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).