flitting
flit·ting/ˈflɪtɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
flitting is spelled F-L-I-T-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (flit·ting). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flitting means “The act of moving from one residence to another; moving house” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flitting is flittings.
How many letters and syllables are in flitting?
| Letters | 8: F-L-I-T-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: flit·ting |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th 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; 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 flitting?
Flitting appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th 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 flitting?
- /ˈflɪtɪŋ/
- US /ˈflɪtɪŋ/
- US /-ɾɪŋ/
Flitting has 2 syllables, split flit·ting in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with flitting?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as flitting from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtɪŋ/):
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 flitting
- flittings plural
- more flitting comparative
- most flitting superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flitting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
the flittings of birds
- 2
ScotlandThe act of moving from one residence to another; moving house.
adjective
- 1
Brief, likely to be of short duration.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of flit
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does flitting come from?
From flit + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).