labelling
verb, noun
labelling is a verb meaning “present participle and gerund of label” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-B-E-L-L-I-N-G, and it appears 1.4 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does labelling mean?
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of label.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of labeling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of labelling
- labellings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is labelling?
Labelling appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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).
Words people confuse with labelling
Also written: labeling.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Labelling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense labelling:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Etikettierung, Kennzeichnung |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.