melting
/ˈmɛltɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
melting is spelled M-E-L-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, melting means “Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in melting?
| Letters | 7: M-E-L-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th 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 melting?
Melting appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th 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 melting?
- UK /ˈmɛltɪŋ/
Melting has 2 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)-Wodencafe-melting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of melting
- more melting comparative
- most melting superlative
- meltings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does melting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying.
- 2
Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.
- 3
That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional.
noun
- 1
The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
- 2
The act of softening or mitigating.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of melt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Melting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process of changing the state of a substance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fusion |
| German | Schmelzen |
| Spanish | derretimiento |
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.