dyeing
/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/noun, verb
dyeing is spelled D-Y-E-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dyeing means “The act by which something is dyed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dyeing is dyeings.
How many letters and syllables are in dyeing?
| Letters | 6: D-Y-E-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 dyeing?
Dyeing appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th 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 dyeing?
- /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/
Dyeing 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-dying.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-dyeing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dyeing
Sounds like: dying (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of dyeing
- dyeings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dyeing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something is dyed.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of dye
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dyeing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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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.