growing
/ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/noun, verb
growing is spelled G-R-O-W-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 87 times per million words in written English, the 1,223rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, growing means “Growth; increase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of growing is growings.
How many letters and syllables are in growing?
| Letters | 7: G-R-O-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 87 times per million words; the 1,223rd 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 growing?
Growing appears 87 times per million words in written English, the 1,223rd 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 growing?
- US /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/
- UK /ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ/
Growing 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: En-us-growing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with growing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as growing 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 growing
- growings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does growing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Growth; increase.
- 2
The raising of plants.
The growing season here begins in March.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of grow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Growing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Wachstum , Wachstums- |
| Portuguese | crescente, crescimento |
| Spanish | crecimiento |
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.