founding
foun·ding/ˈfaʊ̯ndɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
founding is spelled F-O-U-N-D-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (foun·ding). It appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, founding means “The establishment of something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of founding is foundings.
How many letters and syllables are in founding?
| Letters | 8: F-O-U-N-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: foun·ding |
| In writing | 9.8 times per million words; the 7,224th 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 founding?
Founding appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th 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 founding?
- US /ˈfaʊ̯ndɪŋ/
- /ˈfaʊ̯ndiŋ/
- /ˈfæʊ̯ndɪŋ/
Founding has 2 syllables, split foun·ding in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-founding.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-founding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with founding?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as founding from its last stressed vowel (/aʊndɪŋ/):
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 founding
- foundings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does founding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The establishment of something.
the founding of the republic
adjective
- 1
Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded.
the founding fathers of our country
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of found
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Founding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fondation, création , fondateur |
| German | Gründung , Gründungs-, gründend |
| Spanish | fundación , fundador |
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.