marching
march·ing/ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
marching is spelled M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (march·ing). It appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, marching means “Action described by the verb "to march"” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of marching is marchings.
How many letters and syllables are in marching?
| Letters | 8: M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: march·ing |
| In writing | 6.6 times per million words; the 9,313th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 marching?
Marching appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th 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 marching?
- US /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɪŋ/
- UK /ˈmɑːt͡ʃɪŋ/
Marching has 2 syllables, split march·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-marching.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with marching?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as marching from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹtʃɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: charming.
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 marching
- marchings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does marching mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Action described by the verb "to march".
adjective
- 1
That marches.
a marching band
- 2
Placed or situated in a line or lines, reminiscent or evocative of marching soldiers.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of march
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).