farting
/ˈfɑɹtɪŋ/noun, verb
farting is spelled F-A-R-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, farting means “The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of farting is fartings.
How many letters and syllables are in farting?
| Letters | 7: F-A-R-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 farting?
Farting appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th 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 farting?
- UK /ˈfɑːtɪŋ/
- US /ˈfɑɹtɪŋ/
Farting 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)-Vealhurl-farting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with farting?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as farting from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹtɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rafting.
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 farting
- fartings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does farting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of fart
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does farting come from?
From Middle English fartynge, fartyng, ferting, from Old English feorting (“farting”), equivalent to fart + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).