guarding
/ˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/noun, verb
guarding is spelled G-U-A-R-D-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, guarding means “The duty of one who guards” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of guarding is guardings.
How many letters and syllables are in guarding?
| Letters | 8: G-U-A-R-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.4 times per million words; the 14,307th 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 guarding?
Guarding appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th 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 guarding?
- US /ˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/
- UK /ˈɡɑːdɪŋ/
Guarding 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)-Flame,_not_lame-guarding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with guarding?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as guarding from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹdɪŋ/):
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 guarding
- guardings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does guarding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The duty of one who guards.
- 2
A guardrail.
- 3
Tensing of the muscles, especially of the abdomen, in order to minimise the movement and agitation to the internal inflamed organs.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of guard
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Guarding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Tensing of the muscles, in order to minimise the movement and agitation to the i:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | défense musculaire |
| German | Abwehrspannung |
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.