drooping
/ˈdɹuːpɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
drooping is spelled D-R-O-O-P-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drooping means “An instance of something drooping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drooping is droopings.
How many letters and syllables are in drooping?
| Letters | 8: D-R-O-O-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd 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 drooping?
Drooping appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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 drooping?
- /ˈdɹuːpɪŋ/
Drooping 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: En-us-drooping.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of drooping
- droopings plural
- more drooping comparative
- most drooping superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drooping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instance of something drooping.
adjective
- 1
That droops or droop.
drooping flowers
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of droop
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does drooping come from?
From droop + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).