mantling

noun, verb

mantling is spelled M-A-N-T-L-I-N-G: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mantling means “The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mantling is mantlings.

How many letters and syllables are in mantling?

Letters	8: M-A-N-T-L-I-N-G
In writing	about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th 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 mantling?

Mantling appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form in the list.

mantling0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of mantling

mantlings plural

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

What does mantling mean?

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

noun

1
The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms.
2
Cloth suitable for making mantles.

verb

1
present participle and gerund of mantle (a form of mantle)

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

Mantling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense heraldry: drapery behind and around a coat of arms:

Language	Words
French	lambrequin
German	Helmdecke
Portuguese	paquife
Spanish	lambrequín

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.