gumming
/ˈɡʌmɪŋ/noun, verb
gumming is spelled G-U-M-M-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gumming means “The act of chewing without teeth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gumming is gummings.
How many letters and syllables are in gumming?
| Letters | 7: G-U-M-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gumming?
Gumming appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th 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 gumming?
- /ˈɡʌmɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of gumming
- gummings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gumming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of chewing without teeth.
- 2
The manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.
- 3
The act of fastening with gum, especially the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone.
- 4
Synonym of gummosis (“plant disease”).
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of gum
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).