dooring
noun, verb
dooring is spelled D-O-O-R-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dooring means “The event of a cyclist crashing into a newly opened car door” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dooring is doorings.
How many letters and syllables are in dooring?
| Letters | 7: D-O-O-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th 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 dooring?
Dooring appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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 dooring?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-dooring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dooring
- doorings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dooring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteThe frame of a door.
- 2
The event of a cyclist crashing into a newly opened car door.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of door
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dooring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense event of crashing into opened car door:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | emportiérage |
| German | Dooring |
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.
Where does dooring come from?
From door + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).