gaining
/ˈɡeɪnɪŋ/noun, verb
gaining is spelled G-A-I-N-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,778th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gaining means “Gain; profit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gaining is gainings.
How many letters and syllables are in gaining?
| Letters | 7: G-A-I-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,778th 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 gaining?
Gaining appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,778th 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 gaining?
- /ˈɡeɪnɪŋ/
Gaining 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: En-us-gaining.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gaining
- gainings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gaining mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Gain; profit.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of gain
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).