imaging
noun, verb
imaging is spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-G: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, imaging means “The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of imaging is imagings.
How many letters and syllables are in imaging?
| Letters | 7: I-M-A-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.5 times per million words; the 7,910th 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 imaging?
Imaging appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th 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 imaging?
Imaging has 3 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-imaging.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of imaging
- imagings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does imaging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts.
- 2
The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of image
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).