gaming
/ˈɡeɪmɪŋ/noun, verb
gaming is spelled G-A-M-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 23 times per million words in written English, the 3,875th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gaming means “The playing of a game” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gaming is gamings.
How many letters and syllables are in gaming?
| Letters | 6: G-A-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 23 times per million words; the 3,875th 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 gaming?
Gaming appears 23 times per million words in written English, the 3,875th 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 gaming?
- /ˈɡeɪmɪŋ/
Gaming 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-gaming.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gaming
- gamings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gaming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The playing of a game.
- 2
Ellipsis of videogaming.
- 3
Used in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc.
- 4
Synonym of gambling.
- 5
Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of game
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gaming in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | jugación, jugamiento |
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.