drooling
/ˈdɹuːlɪŋ/noun, verb
drooling is spelled D-R-O-O-L-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drooling means “Salivation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drooling is droolings.
How many letters and syllables are in drooling?
| Letters | 8: D-R-O-O-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,150th 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 drooling?
Drooling appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th 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 drooling?
- /ˈdɹuːlɪŋ/
Drooling 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)-Back_ache-drooling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of drooling
- droolings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drooling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Salivation.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of drool
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).