kidding
kid·ding/ˈkɪdɪŋ/noun, verb
kidding is spelled K-I-D-D-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (kid·ding). It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kidding means “Joking, duping, or light-hearted deception” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kidding is kiddings.
How many letters and syllables are in kidding?
| Letters | 7: K-I-D-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: kid·ding |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st 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 kidding?
Kidding appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 kidding?
- /ˈkɪdɪŋ/
- [ˈkʰɪdɪŋ]
- /ˈkɪɾɪŋ/
Kidding has 2 syllables, split kid·ding in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-kidding.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of kidding
- kiddings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kidding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Joking, duping, or light-hearted deception.
- 2
The act of a goat giving birth.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of kid
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).