lathing
noun, verb
lathing is spelled L-A-T-H-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lathing means “Invitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lathing is lathings.
How many letters and syllables are in lathing?
| Letters | 7: L-A-T-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 lathing?
Lathing appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th 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).
What rhymes with lathing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lathing.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: halting.
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 lathing
- lathings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lathing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKInvitation.
- 2
A covering of laths.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of lathe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lathing come from?
From Middle English lathinge, from Old English laþung, from Proto-West Germanic *laþungu, equivalent to lathe (“to invite”) + -ing. Cognate with German Ladung, Einladung (“invitiation”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).