figuring
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ.ɪŋ/noun, verb
figuring is spelled F-I-G-U-R-I-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, figuring means “Calculation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of figuring is figurings.
How many letters and syllables are in figuring?
| Letters | 8: F-I-G-U-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.9 times per million words; the 11,373rd 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 figuring?
Figuring appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd 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 figuring?
- UK /ˈfɪɡ.ə.ɹɪŋ/
- US /ˈfɪɡ.jɚ.ɪŋ/
- US /ˈfɪɡ.ɚ.ɪŋ/
Figuring has 3 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-figuring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of figuring
- figurings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does figuring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Calculation.
- 2
Structure, design, or arrangement; figure.
- 3
Representation.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of figure
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).