knifing
/ˈnaɪfɪŋ/noun, verb
knifing is spelled K-N-I-F-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, knifing means “An instance of stabbing with a knife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of knifing is knifings.
How many letters and syllables are in knifing?
| Letters | 7: K-N-I-F-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 75,877th 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 knifing?
Knifing appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th 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 knifing?
- /ˈnaɪfɪŋ/
Knifing 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-knifing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of knifing
- knifings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does knifing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instance of stabbing with a knife.
There was a knifing outside that club last night.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of knife
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).