fracking
/ˈfɹækɪŋ/noun, adjective
fracking is spelled F-R-A-C-K-I-N-G: 8 letters. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fracking means “Hydraulic fracturing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fracking is frackings.
How many letters and syllables are in fracking?
| Letters | 8: F-R-A-C-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is fracking?
Fracking appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 fracking?
- /ˈfɹækɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-fracking.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fracking.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fracking
- frackings plural
- fraccing
- fracing
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fracking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Hydraulic fracturing.
adjective
- 1
slangFucking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fracking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense hydraulic fracturing:
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 fracking come from?
From frack (“fracture”) + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).