grazing
/ˈɡɹeɪ.zɪŋ/noun, verb
grazing is spelled G-R-A-Z-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grazing means “Grazeland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grazing is grazings.
How many letters and syllables are in grazing?
| Letters | 7: G-R-A-Z-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th 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 grazing?
Grazing appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 grazing?
- /ˈɡɹeɪ.zɪŋ/
Grazing 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)-Wodencafe-grazing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of grazing
- grazings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grazing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Grazeland.
- 2
The action of animals eating, mainly of grass in a field or on other grassland.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of graze
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).