knocking
knock·ing/ˈnɑkɪŋ/noun, verb
knocking is spelled K-N-O-C-K-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (knock·ing). It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, knocking means “An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of knocking is knockings.
How many letters and syllables are in knocking?
| Letters | 8: K-N-O-C-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: knock·ing |
| In writing | 7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is knocking?
Knocking appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd 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 knocking?
- US /ˈnɑkɪŋ/
- UK /ˈnɒkɪŋ/
Knocking has 2 syllables, split knock·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-knocking.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with knocking?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as knocking from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkɪŋ/):
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 knocking
- knockings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does knocking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
- 2
A repetitive ping, knock, or similar sound coming from an engine in which there are repeated uncontrolled explosions in the combustion chamber.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of knock
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).