glowing
/ˈɡloʊɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
glowing is spelled G-L-O-W-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glowing means “The action of glowing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glowing is glowings.
How many letters and syllables are in glowing?
| Letters | 7: G-L-O-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th 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 glowing?
Glowing appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 glowing?
- US /ˈɡloʊɪŋ/
- UK /ˈɡləʊɪŋ/
Glowing 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-glowing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with glowing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as glowing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɪŋ/):
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 glowing
- glowings plural
- more glowing comparative
- most glowing superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glowing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of glowing.
adjective
- 1
That glows or glow.
glowing embers
- 2
Full of praise.
He received glowing references from his previous employers.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of glow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glowing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that which glows:
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.