guessing
/ˈɡɛsɪŋ/noun, verb
guessing is spelled G-U-E-S-S-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, guessing means “The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of guessing is guessings.
How many letters and syllables are in guessing?
| Letters | 8: G-U-E-S-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th 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 guessing?
Guessing appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th 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 guessing?
- /ˈɡɛsɪŋ/
Guessing 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).
Forms of guessing
- guessings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does guessing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of guess
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does guessing come from?
From Middle English gessyng, gessynge, equivalent to guess + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).