foretelling
noun, verb
foretelling is spelled F-O-R-E-T-E-L-L-I-N-G: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, foretelling means “A prediction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of foretelling is foretellings.
How many letters and syllables are in foretelling?
| Letters | 11: F-O-R-E-T-E-L-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd 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 foretelling?
Foretelling appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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 foretelling?
- US
Foretelling 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-foretelling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of foretelling
- foretellings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does foretelling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A prediction.
foretellings of doom
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of foretell
- 2
present participle and gerund of foretel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).