filing
/ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ/noun, verb
filing is spelled F-I-L-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, filing means “Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of filing is filings.
How many letters and syllables are in filing?
| Letters | 6: F-I-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,565th 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 filing?
Filing appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th 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 filing?
- UK /ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ/
Filing 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-filing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of filing
- filings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does filing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.
- 2
The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
- 3
Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of file
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Filing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | limaille |
| German | Span , Archivierung |
| Portuguese | limalha , arquivamento |
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.