marketing
/ˈmɑɹkɪtɪŋ/noun, verb
marketing is spelled M-A-R-K-E-T-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 60 times per million words in written English, the 1,724th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, marketing means “Buying and/or selling in a market (street market or market fair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of marketing is marketings.
How many letters and syllables are in marketing?
| Letters | 9: M-A-R-K-E-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 60 times per million words; the 1,724th 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 marketing?
Marketing appears 60 times per million words in written English, the 1,724th 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 marketing?
- UK /ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ/
- US /ˈmɑɹkɪtɪŋ/
Marketing has 3 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)-Vealhurl-marketing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of marketing
- marketings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does marketing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Buying and/or selling in a market (street market or market fair).
- 2
archaicShopping, going to market as a buyer.
[Wife to husband:] I'm going out to do my marketing – keep out of the kitchen, while I'm gone.
- 3
datedAttending market as a seller.
Marketing was a time-consuming task for truck farming families, as the round trip could take most of the day.
- 4
The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.
a bachelor's degree in marketing
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of market
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate marketing?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of marketing: Mktg., mktg, mktg..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Marketing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Handel , Marketing, Vertrieb , Marktbesuch |
| French | mercatique, marketing |
| Portuguese | marketing, mercadologia |
| Spanish | mercadotecnia, marketing, mercadeo, marketeo, marketineo |
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.
Where does marketing come from?
By surface analysis, market + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).