hazing
/ˈheɪzɪŋ/noun, verb
hazing is spelled H-A-Z-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hazing means “An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hazing is hazings.
How many letters and syllables are in hazing?
| Letters | 6: H-A-Z-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,912th 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 hazing?
Hazing appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th 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 hazing?
- /ˈheɪzɪŋ/
Hazing 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)-Persent101-hazing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hazing
- hazings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hazing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAn initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of haze
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hazing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense humiliating initiation practices:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bizutage |
| German | Deposition, Initiationsritual |
| Portuguese | praxe, trote |
| Spanish | novatada, quintada |
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.