lipreading
noun, verb
lipreading is spelled L-I-P-R-E-A-D-I-N-G: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lipreading means “The act of reading lips” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lipreading?
| Letters | 10: L-I-P-R-E-A-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is lipreading?
Lipreading appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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).
Forms of lipreading
- lip reading
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lipreading mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of reading lips.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of lipread
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lipreading in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act of reading lips:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lecture labiale |
| German | Lippenlesen |
| Portuguese | leitura labial |
| Spanish | lectura de labios |
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.