gloating
/ˈɡloʊtɪŋ/noun, verb
gloating is spelled G-L-O-A-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gloating means “The act of one who gloats” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gloating is gloatings.
How many letters and syllables are in gloating?
| Letters | 8: G-L-O-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gloating?
Gloating appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th 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 gloating?
- UK /ˈɡləʊtɪŋ/
- US /ˈɡloʊtɪŋ/
Gloating 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).
What rhymes with gloating?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gloating from its last stressed vowel (/oʊtɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gloating
- gloatings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gloating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of one who gloats.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of gloat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gloating in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of one who gloats:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Siegesfreude, siegesfreudiger Ausdruck, Ausdruck von Häme, Häme, Sichbrüsten, Schadenfreude |
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.