hosting
/ˈhoʊstɪŋ/noun, verb
hosting is spelled H-O-S-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hosting means “Running and maintaining a computer system on someone's behalf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hosting is hostings.
How many letters and syllables are in hosting?
| Letters | 7: H-O-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 hosting?
Hosting appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th 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 hosting?
- US /ˈhoʊstɪŋ/
- UK /ˈhəʊstɪŋ/
Hosting 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).
What rhymes with hosting?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hosting from its last stressed vowel (/oʊstɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: onsight.
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 hosting
- hostings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hosting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Running and maintaining a computer system on someone's behalf.
- 2
obsoleteA battle.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of host
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hosting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense running and maintaining a computer system:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hébergement |
| German | Hosting |
| Portuguese | hospedagem, alojamento |
| Spanish | hosting (houstin), hospedaje, alojamiento |
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.