framing
/ˈfɹeɪmɪŋ/noun, verb
framing is spelled F-R-A-M-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, framing means “The placing of a picture, etc. in a frame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of framing is framings.
How many letters and syllables are in framing?
| Letters | 7: F-R-A-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is framing?
Framing appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st 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 framing?
- /ˈfɹeɪmɪŋ/
Framing has 2 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)-Vealhurl-framing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with framing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as framing.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: farming.
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 framing
- framings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does framing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The placing of a picture, etc. in a frame.
wooden framing
- 2
The placing of something in context.
- 3
Framework or the building thereof.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of frame
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).