keeping
/ˈkiːpɪŋ/noun, verb
keeping is spelled K-E-E-P-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 69 times per million words in written English, the 1,528th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, keeping means “Conformity or harmony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of keeping is keepings.
How many letters and syllables are in keeping?
| Letters | 7: K-E-E-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 69 times per million words; the 1,528th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 keeping?
Keeping appears 69 times per million words in written English, the 1,528th 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 keeping?
- /ˈkiːpɪŋ/
Keeping 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). Recordings: En-us-keeping.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with keeping?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as keeping.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: peeking.
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 keeping
- keepings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does keeping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Conformity or harmony.
The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.
- 2
Charge or care.
- 3
Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
The cattle have good keeping.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of keep
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).