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managing

man·a·ging/ˈmæn.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/noun, verb

managing is spelled M-A-N-A-G-I-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables (man·a·ging). It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, managing means “management” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of managing is managings.

How many letters and syllables are in managing?

Letters8: M-A-N-A-G-I-N-G
Syllables3: man·a·ging
In writing25 times per million words; the 3,612th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 managing?

Managing appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th 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 managing?

  • /ˈmæn.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/
  • /ˈmæn.ə.d͡ʒɪŋ/
  • /ˈmeə̯n.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/

Managing has 3 syllables, split man·a·ging in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-managing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of managing

  • managings plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does managing mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    management

verb

  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of manage (a form of manage)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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