hunching
/ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/noun, verb
hunching is spelled H-U-N-C-H-I-N-G: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hunching means “The motion by which something is hunched” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hunching is hunchings.
How many letters and syllables are in hunching?
| Letters | 8: H-U-N-C-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd 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 hunching?
Hunching appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 hunching?
- /ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hunching
- hunchings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hunching mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The motion by which something is hunched.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of hunch
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).