evening
/ˈiv.nɪŋ/noun, verb
evening is spelled E-V-E-N-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 72 times per million words in written English, the 1,457th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, evening means “The time of day between afternoon and night” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of evening is evenings.
How many letters and syllables are in evening?
| Letters | 7: E-V-E-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 72 times per million words; the 1,457th 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 evening?
Evening appears 72 times per million words in written English, the 1,457th 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 evening?
- UK /ˈiːv.nɪŋ/
- US /ˈiv.nɪŋ/
As a verb: /ˈiːvənɪŋ/.
Evening 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-uk-evening.ogg, En-us-evening_(noun).ogg, En-us-evening_(participle).ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of evening
- evenings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evening mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The time of day between afternoon and night.
Toward evening, there was heavy rain.
- 2
The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
- 3
A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
It was the evening of the Roman Empire.
- 4
A party or gathering held in the evening.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of even
- 2
present participle and gerund of evene
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate evening?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of evening: evg, evng.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Evening in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crépuscule, soir , soirée |
| German | Abend , Dämmerung |
| Portuguese | noitinha, crepúsculo vespertino, anoitecer , noite |
| Spanish | véspero |
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.