listing
/ˈlɪstɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
listing is spelled L-I-S-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, listing means “As listed or shown on a listing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in listing?
| Letters | 7: L-I-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,153rd 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 listing?
Listing appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd 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 listing?
- /ˈlɪstɪŋ/
Listing 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)-Persent101-listing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of listing
- listings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does listing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
As listed or shown on a listing.
What is this house's listing price?
noun
- 1
The action of the verb to list.
- 2
An entry in a list or directory.
Aardvaark Plumbing is the first listing in Yellow Pages.
- 3
An entry on a register of securities accepted for trading and quotation on a securities exchange or similar system.
The company may even lose its listing on the stock exchange.
- 4
A printout of a program or data set.
Print me a listing of the latest version.
- 5
A physical manifestation of a single item in a list.
Please pass me the second listing for the two-story house, from that stack.
- 6
The act of ploughing with a lister.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of list
The ship is listing heavily to one side.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Listing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an entry in a list or director:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | listado, aviso, oferta, anuncio, publicación |
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.