interning
/ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ/noun, verb
interning is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-I-N-G: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, interning means “Practice of always using references instead of copies of equal objects” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of interning is internings.
How many letters and syllables are in interning?
| Letters | 9: I-N-T-E-R-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,063rd 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 interning?
Interning appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd 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 interning?
- /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-interning.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of interning
- internings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does interning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Practice of always using references instead of copies of equal objects.
In computer programming, the practice of using always references in place of copies of equal objects is known as interning.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of intern
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).