entering
/ˈɛn.təɹ.ɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
entering is spelled E-N-T-E-R-I-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, entering means “action of the verb to enter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of entering is enterings.
How many letters and syllables are in entering?
| Letters | 8: E-N-T-E-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 26 times per million words; the 3,479th 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 entering?
Entering appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th 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 entering?
- /ˈɛn.təɹ.ɪŋ/
Entering 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: En-us-entering.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of entering
- enterings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does entering mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
action of the verb to enter
adjective
- 1
that enters
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of enter
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Entering in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | entramiento, entrante, ingresante, de entrada |
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.