lifting
/ˈlɪf.tɪŋ/noun, verb
lifting is spelled L-I-F-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lifting means “The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lifting is liftings.
How many letters and syllables are in lifting?
| Letters | 7: L-I-F-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th 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 lifting?
Lifting appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 lifting?
- US /ˈlɪf.tɪŋ/
Lifting 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-lifting.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lifting
- liftings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lifting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
- 2
Weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
- 3
Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance.
- 4
Theft.
- 5
A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.
- 6
Synonym of heavy lifting (“the most effort etc.”)
The word "might" is certainly doing some lifting there!
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of lift
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lifting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense facelift:
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.