laboring
noun, verb
laboring is spelled L-A-B-O-R-I-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, laboring means “The act of one who labors; toil; work done” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of laboring is laborings.
How many letters and syllables are in laboring?
| Letters | 8: L-A-B-O-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd 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 laboring?
Laboring appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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 laboring?
- US
Laboring has 3 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-labouring.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of laboring
- laborings plural
- labouring
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does laboring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of one who labors; toil; work done.
verb
- 1
USpresent participle and gerund of labor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).