hilding
/ˈhɪldɪŋ/noun
hilding is spelled H-I-L-D-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hilding means “A wretch, a contemptible person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hilding is hildings.
How many letters and syllables are in hilding?
| Letters | 7: H-I-L-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th 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 hilding?
Hilding appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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 hilding?
- /ˈhɪldɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hilding
- hildings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hilding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wretch, a contemptible person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hilding come from?
Unknown. Likely a contraction of earlier hilderling, itself an alteration of hinderling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).