downloading
down·load·ing/ˈdaʊnloʊdɪŋ/noun, verb
downloading is spelled D-O-W-N-L-O-A-D-I-N-G: 11 letters and 3 syllables (down·load·ing). It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, downloading means “The process by which something is downloaded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of downloading is downloadings.
How many letters and syllables are in downloading?
| Letters | 11: D-O-W-N-L-O-A-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: down·load·ing |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th 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 downloading?
Downloading appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 downloading?
- US /ˈdaʊnloʊdɪŋ/
- UK /daʊnˈləʊdɪŋ/
Downloading has 3 syllables, split down·load·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-downloading.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of downloading
- downloadings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does downloading mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process by which something is downloaded.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of download
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).