funding
/ˈfʌndɪŋ/noun, verb
funding is spelled F-U-N-D-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 43 times per million words in written English, the 2,339th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, funding means “The action of the verb fund” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of funding is fundings.
How many letters and syllables are in funding?
| Letters | 7: F-U-N-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 43 times per million words; the 2,339th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is funding?
Funding appears 43 times per million words in written English, the 2,339th 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 funding?
- /ˈfʌndɪŋ/
Funding 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)-Persent101-funding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of funding
- fundings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does funding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of the verb fund.
- 2
Money provided as funds.
The council is providing funding to the church to repair the roof.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of fund
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Funding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense money provided as funds:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | financement |
| German | Finanzierung |
| Portuguese | financiamento |
| Spanish | financiación, financiamiento, fondos |
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.