losing
los·ing/ˈluzɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
losing is spelled L-O-S-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables (los·ing). It appears 71 times per million words in written English, the 1,486th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, losing means “That loses or has lost” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in losing?
| Letters | 6: L-O-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: los·ing |
| In writing | 71 times per million words; the 1,486th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is losing?
Losing appears 71 times per million words in written English, the 1,486th 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 losing?
- UK /ˈluːzɪŋ/
- US /ˈluzɪŋ/
- Australia /ˈlʉːzɪŋ/
Losing has 2 syllables, split los·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-losing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with losing?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as losing from its last stressed vowel (/uzɪŋ/):
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 losing
- losings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does losing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That loses or has lost.
Being on the losing team is disappointing.
noun
- 1
The process by which something is lost; a loss.
- 2
Early Modern form of lozenge.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of lose
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).