drying
/ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ/noun, verb
drying is spelled D-R-Y-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drying means “The act of drying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drying is dryings.
How many letters and syllables are in drying?
| Letters | 6: D-R-Y-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is drying?
Drying appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 drying?
- /ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ/
- [ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ]
- [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪ.ɪŋ]
Drying 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).
What rhymes with drying?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as drying.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grindy.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of drying
- dryings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drying mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of drying.
- 2
A method of food preservation by removing water.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of dry
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of DRY
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drying in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a method of food preservation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Dörren |
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 drying come from?
From dry + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).