leaking
/ˈliːkɪŋ/noun, verb
leaking is spelled L-E-A-K-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, leaking means “The act by which something leaks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of leaking is leakings.
How many letters and syllables are in leaking?
| Letters | 7: L-E-A-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 leaking?
Leaking appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 leaking?
- /ˈliːkɪŋ/
Leaking 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-leaking.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with leaking?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as leaking.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: linkage.
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 leaking
- leakings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does leaking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something leaks.
- 2
That which leaks out.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of leak
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).