enclosing
noun, adjective, verb
enclosing is spelled E-N-C-L-O-S-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, enclosing means “That which encloses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of enclosing is enclosings.
How many letters and syllables are in enclosing?
| Letters | 9: E-N-C-L-O-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th 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 enclosing?
Enclosing appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 enclosing?
- US
Enclosing has 3 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)-Flame,_not_lame-enclosing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of enclosing
- enclosings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does enclosing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
That which encloses.
- 2
The act or situation by which something is enclosed.
adjective
- 1
Of a region, containing all points of a given set within its bounds.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of enclose
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).