fanning
/ˈfænɪŋ/noun, verb
fanning is spelled F-A-N-N-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fanning means “The act by which something is fanned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fanning is fannings.
How many letters and syllables are in fanning?
| Letters | 7: F-A-N-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th 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 fanning?
Fanning appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 fanning?
- /ˈfænɪŋ/
Fanning 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-fanning.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fanning
- fannings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fanning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something is fanned.
- 2
Winnowing.
- 3
A shooting technique in which the shooter uses one hand to hold a revolver and pull the trigger, while using the other hand to cock the hammer repeatedly in a slapping-like fashion.
- 4
A very small fragment of tea leaf.
- 5
UKarchaicslangA beating.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of fan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).