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grounding

/ˈɡɹaʊndɪŋ/noun, verb

grounding is spelled G-R-O-U-N-D-I-N-G: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grounding means “Fundamental knowledge or background in a field or discipline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grounding is groundings.

How many letters and syllables are in grounding?

Letters9: G-R-O-U-N-D-I-N-G
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 grounding?

Grounding appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th 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 grounding?

  • /ˈɡɹaʊndɪŋ/

Grounding 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-grounding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of grounding

  • groundings plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does grounding mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Fundamental knowledge or background in a field or discipline.

  2. 2

    The return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience.

  3. 3

    The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.

  4. 4

    The prevention of aircraft takeoff because of government action.

  5. 5

    The interconnecting metal chassis or frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the service panel. It may be bare or covered, and does not carry current in normal operation.

  6. 6

    The absorption of energy through visualized roots descending from oneself into the ground, using chi.

  7. 7

    The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out, using electronics, etc.).

  8. 8

    The background of embroidery, etc.

verb

  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of ground (a form of ground)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Grounding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanGrundwissen (fundamental knowledge or background in a field…), Auflaufen, auf Grund laufen, Grundberührung (collision of a ship with ground beneath the…), Startverbot, Flugverbot (prevention of aircraft takeoff because of…)
Spanishculada, encalladura, varada, varamiento (collision of a ship with ground beneath the…), polo a tierra (electrical engineering: interconnection of…), castigo (act by which a child is grounded)
Frenchinterdiction de vol (prevention of aircraft takeoff because of…)
Portuguesecastigo (act by which a child is grounded)

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.

Where does grounding come from?

By surface analysis, ground + -ing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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