hesitating
/ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪŋ/noun, verb
hesitating is spelled H-E-S-I-T-A-T-I-N-G: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hesitating means “hesitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hesitating is hesitatings.
How many letters and syllables are in hesitating?
| Letters | 10: H-E-S-I-T-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,703rd 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 hesitating?
Hesitating appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd 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 hesitating?
- /ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪŋ/
Hesitating has 4 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)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-hesitating.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hesitating
- hesitatings plural
- hæsitating
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hesitating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
hesitation
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of hesitate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).