freewriting
noun, verb
freewriting is a noun meaning “A prewriting technique in which the writer writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar, or topic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-E-W-R-I-T-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 93 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of freewriting is freewritings.
What does freewriting mean?
noun
- 1
A prewriting technique in which the writer writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar, or topic.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of freewrite
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of freewriting
- freewritings plural
- free writing
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is freewriting?
Freewriting appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd 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).
Where does freewriting come from?
From free + writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).