flowing
/ˈfloʊ.ɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
flowing is spelled F-L-O-W-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flowing means “The action of the verb to flow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flowing is flowings.
How many letters and syllables are in flowing?
| Letters | 7: F-L-O-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 6,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 flowing?
Flowing appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th 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 flowing?
- US /ˈfloʊ.ɪŋ/
- UK /ˈfləʊ.ɪŋ/
Flowing 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)-Back_ache-flowing.wav, En-us-flowing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with flowing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as flowing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fowling.
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 flowing
- flowings plural
- more flowing comparative
- most flowing superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flowing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of the verb to flow
the flowing of the river
adjective
- 1
Tending to flow.
- 2
Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
a flowing dress
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of flow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does flowing come from?
From Middle English flowyng; equivalent to flow + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).