forming
form·ing/ˈfɔɹmɪŋ/noun, verb
forming is spelled F-O-R-M-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (form·ing). It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, forming means “The act by which something is formed; formation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of forming is formings.
How many letters and syllables are in forming?
| Letters | 7: F-O-R-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: form·ing |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,025th 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 forming?
Forming appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th 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 forming?
- US /ˈfɔɹmɪŋ/
- UK /ˈfɔːmɪŋ/
Forming has 2 syllables, split form·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-forming.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with forming?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as forming from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹmɪŋ/):
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 forming
- formings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does forming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something is formed; formation.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of form
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).