fading
/ˈfeɪdɪŋ/noun, verb
fading is spelled F-A-D-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fading means “The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fading is fadings.
How many letters and syllables are in fading?
| Letters | 6: F-A-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th 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 fading?
Fading appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th 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 fading?
- /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/
Fading 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-us-fading.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fading
- fadings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fading mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.
- 2
obsoleteAn Irish dance.
- 3
obsoleteThe burden of a song.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of fade.
fading light; fading memory; fading reputation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).