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fucking

fuck·ing/ˈfʌkɪŋ/noun, adjective, adverb, verb

fucking is spelled F-U-C-K-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (fuck·ing). It appears 214 times per million words in written English, the 471st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a vulgar noun, fucking means “An act of sexual intercourse, especially one lacking passion or a feeling of sincere love” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fucking is fuckings.

How many letters and syllables are in fucking?

Letters7: F-U-C-K-I-N-G
Syllables2: fuck·ing
In writing214 times per million words; the 471st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 fucking?

Fucking appears 214 times per million words in written English, the 471st 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 fucking?

  • US /ˈfʌkɪŋ/
  • US [ˈfɐkɪŋ]
  • /ˈfʌkiŋ/

Fucking has 2 syllables, split fuck·ing in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fucking.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with fucking

Also written: loving.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of fucking

  • fuckings plural
  • fuckin
  • fuckin'

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does fucking mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    vulgarAn act of sexual intercourse, especially one lacking passion or a feeling of sincere love.

    I got a good fucking out of her, but I doubt we'll have another date.

  2. 2

    vulgarAn act of mistreatment.

    I took a real fucking on the interest rate for that loan.

adjective

  1. 1

    vulgarAn intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it grammatically modifies.

    No fucking way.

  2. 2

    vulgarOffensive, annoying or worthless.

    Get your fucking car out of the way.

adverb

  1. 1

    vulgarReally, very; having intensive force, often applying to the whole sentence or clause.

    This is fucking ridiculous!

verb

  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of fuck (a form of fuck)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate fucking?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of fucking: fkn.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Fucking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchbaise (an act of sexual intercourse), putain de (an intensifier), ostie de, câlisse de (as an intensifier), de mes couilles, à la con maudit (offensive or worthless)
GermanFick (an act of sexual intercourse), Scheiß-, fucking, verfickt (as an intensifier)
Portuguesetransa (an act of sexual intercourse), puta, fodendo (an intensifier)
Spanishpalo, follada, cogida, revolcón, jodienda (an act of sexual intercourse), jodidamente (an intensifier)

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 fucking come from?

From fuck + -ing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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