farming
farm·ing/ˈfɑɹmɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
farming is spelled F-A-R-M-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (farm·ing). It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, farming means “The business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of farming is farmings.
How many letters and syllables are in farming?
| Letters | 7: F-A-R-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: farm·ing |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,025th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is farming?
Farming appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th 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 farming?
- UK /ˈfɑːmɪŋ/
- US /ˈfɑɹmɪŋ/
- Australia /ˈfɐ̞ːmɪŋ/
Farming has 2 syllables, split farm·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-farming.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with farming?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as farming from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹmɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: framing.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of farming
- farmings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does farming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.
- 2
A farming operation; a farm, or instance of farming on a piece of land.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the agricultural business.
- 2
Raising livestock or fish.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of farm
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does farming come from?
From farm + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).