earring
ear·ring/ˈɪəɹɪŋ/noun
earring is spelled E-A-R-R-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (ear·ring). It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, earring means “A piece of jewelry worn on the ear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of earring is earrings.
How many letters and syllables are in earring?
| Letters | 7: E-A-R-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ear·ring |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is earring?
Earring appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd 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 earring?
- UK /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/
- British /ˈɪːɹɪŋ/
- /ˈiːɹɪŋɡ/
Earring has 2 syllables, split ear·ring in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-earring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with earring?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as earring from its last stressed vowel (/ɪəɹɪŋ/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rearing, grainer.
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 earring
- earrings plural
- ear-ring
- earing
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does earring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
- 2
Alternative form of earing (“a manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Earring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense piece of jewelry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | boucle d'oreille |
| German | Ohrring |
| Portuguese | brinco |
| Spanish | arete, arito, aro, caravana, chapa, pantalla |
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 earring come from?
From Middle English erering, from Old English ēarhring (“ear-ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀahring, equivalent to ear + ring. Cognate with West Frisian earring (“earring”), Dutch oorring (“earring”), German Low German Ohrring (“earring”), German Ohrring (“earring”), Danish ørering (“earring”), Swedish örring (“earring”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).