laughing
/ˈlɑːfɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
laughing is spelled L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 41 times per million words in written English, the 2,438th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, laughing means “verbal adjective of laugh: the action of the verb to laugh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in laughing?
| Letters | 8: L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 41 times per million words; the 2,438th 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 laughing?
Laughing appears 41 times per million words in written English, the 2,438th 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 laughing?
- /ˈlɑːfɪŋ/
Laughing 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: En-us-laughing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of laughing
- laughings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does laughing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
verbal adjective of laugh: the action of the verb to laugh.
noun
- 1
verbal noun of laugh: the action of the verb to laugh.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of laugh
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Laughing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.
Where does laughing come from?
From Middle English laughynge; equivalent to laugh + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).