flooding
/ˈflʌdɪŋ/noun, verb
flooding is spelled F-L-O-O-D-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flooding means “An act of flooding; a flood or gush” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flooding is floodings.
How many letters and syllables are in flooding?
| Letters | 8: F-L-O-O-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.3 times per million words; the 7,445th 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 flooding?
Flooding appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th 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 flooding?
- /ˈflʌdɪŋ/
Flooding 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)-Sapaa-flooding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flooding
- floodings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flooding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
The storms resulted in flooding over a large area.
- 2
Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.
- 3
A form of therapy that treats a phobia by suddenly exposing the patient to the object of the phobia, instead of approaching it gradually.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of flood
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flooding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inondation |
| German | Überflutung, Überschwemmung , Überforderung |
| Spanish | anegamiento, inundación, riada |
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.