increasing
in·creas·ing/ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
increasing is spelled I-N-C-R-E-A-S-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables (in·creas·ing). It appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, increasing means “On the increase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in increasing?
| Letters | 10: I-N-C-R-E-A-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: in·creas·ing |
| In writing | 48 times per million words; the 2,113th 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 increasing?
Increasing appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th 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 increasing?
- /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
Increasing has 3 syllables, split in·creas·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-increasing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of increasing
- increasings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does increasing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
On the increase.
steadily increasing demand
noun
- 1
An increase.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of increase
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Increasing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense on the increase:
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.
Where does increasing come from?
From increase + -ing (participial suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).