fortifying
noun, verb
fortifying is a noun meaning “The process by which something is fortified” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-T-I-F-Y-I-N-G and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fortifying is fortifyings.
What does fortifying mean?
noun
- 1
The process by which something is fortified.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of fortify
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fortifying?
Fortifying has 4 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).
Forms of fortifying
- fortifyings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fortifying?
Fortifying appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd 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).
Fortifying in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fortifiant |
| Portuguese | fortalecimento |
| Spanish | fortalecimiento |
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 fortifying come from?
From fortify + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).