fainting
/ˈfeɪntɪŋ/noun, verb
fainting is spelled F-A-I-N-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fainting means “An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fainting is faintings.
How many letters and syllables are in fainting?
| Letters | 8: F-A-I-N-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th 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 fainting?
Fainting appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 fainting?
- /ˈfeɪntɪŋ/
Fainting 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-fainting.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fainting
- faintings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fainting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
fainting fit
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of faint
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fainting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness:
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 fainting come from?
From Middle English feinting, equivalent to faint + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).