exhausting
ex·hau·sting/ɪɡˈzɔ(ː)stɪŋ/adjective, verb
exhausting is spelled E-X-H-A-U-S-T-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables (ex·hau·sting). It appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, exhausting means “Very tiring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in exhausting?
| Letters | 10: E-X-H-A-U-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ex·hau·sting |
| In writing | 4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is exhausting?
Exhausting appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th 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 exhausting?
- /ɪɡˈzɔ(ː)stɪŋ/
Exhausting has 3 syllables, split ex·hau·sting in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-exhausting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exhausting
- more exhausting comparative
- most exhausting superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exhausting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Very tiring.
This task is exhausting!
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of exhaust
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exhausting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Very tiring:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | épuisant, éreintant, exténuant, usant |
| German | strapaziös, anstrengend |
| Spanish | agotador, exhaustivo, extenuante, extenuador |
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 exhausting come from?
From exhaust + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).