flooring
/ˈflɔːrɪŋ/noun, verb
flooring is spelled F-L-O-O-R-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flooring means “A floor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flooring is floorings.
How many letters and syllables are in flooring?
| Letters | 8: F-L-O-O-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 flooring?
Flooring appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st 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 flooring?
- US /ˈflɔːrɪŋ/
Flooring 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)-Wodencafe-flooring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with flooring?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as flooring from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹɪŋ/):
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 flooring
- floorings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flooring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A floor.
- 2
A material used to make floors.
- 3
The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of floor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flooring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Fußboden, Boden , Bodenbelag |
| Portuguese | tablado |
| Spanish | solería, solado , soladura |
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.
Where does flooring come from?
From Middle English floring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).