hitting
/ˈhɪtɪŋ/noun, verb
hitting is spelled H-I-T-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 29 times per million words in written English, the 3,218th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hitting means “A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hitting is hittings.
How many letters and syllables are in hitting?
| Letters | 7: H-I-T-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 29 times per million words; the 3,218th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hitting?
Hitting appears 29 times per million words in written English, the 3,218th 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 hitting?
- /ˈhɪtɪŋ/
Hitting 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)-Vealhurl-hitting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hitting?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hitting.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tithing.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hitting
- hittings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hitting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
The batter's hitting improved with practice.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of hit
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).