flavoring
noun, verb
flavoring is spelled F-L-A-V-O-R-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flavoring means “Something that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flavoring is flavorings.
How many letters and syllables are in flavoring?
| Letters | 9: F-L-A-V-O-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th 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 flavoring?
Flavoring appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th 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 flavoring?
Flavoring 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).
Forms of flavoring
- flavorings plural
- flavouring
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flavoring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USSomething that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient.
This soda has an aftertaste because of the artificial flavoring.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of flavor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flavoring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense something that gives flavor:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arôme |
| German | Geschmacksstoff |
| Portuguese | flavorizante |
| Spanish | saborizante |
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.