hiring
/haɪɹ.ɪŋ/noun, verb
hiring is spelled H-I-R-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hiring means “The act by which an employee is hired” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hiring is hirings.
How many letters and syllables are in hiring?
| Letters | 6: H-I-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th 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 hiring?
Hiring appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 hiring?
- UK /haɪə.ɹɪŋ/
- UK /ˈhaɪ.ə.ɹɪŋ/
- US /haɪɹ.ɪŋ/
Hiring 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 hiring
- hirings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hiring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which an employee is hired.
hirings and firings
- 2
A fair or market where servants were engaged.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of hire
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hiring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | contratación, contractación (disused) |
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.