fighting
/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
fighting is spelled F-I-G-H-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 83 times per million words in written English, the 1,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, fighting means “Engaged in war or other conflict” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fighting?
| Letters | 8: F-I-G-H-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 83 times per million words; the 1,272nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 fighting?
Fighting appears 83 times per million words in written English, the 1,272nd 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 fighting?
- UK /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/
- US /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/
- US [ˈfaɪ.ɾɪŋ]
Fighting 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-fighting.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fighting?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fighting from its last stressed vowel (/aɪtɪŋ/):
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 fighting
- fightings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fighting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Engaged in war or other conflict.
- 2
Apt to provoke a fight.
It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.
noun
- 1
The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
- 2
A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of fight
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fighting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense engaged in a fight:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | kämpferisch |
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 fighting come from?
From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).