milling
/ˈmɪlɪŋ/noun, verb
milling is spelled M-I-L-L-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, milling means “Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of milling is millings.
How many letters and syllables are in milling?
| Letters | 7: M-I-L-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th 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 milling?
Milling appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th 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 milling?
- /ˈmɪlɪŋ/
Milling 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)-Vealhurl-milling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of milling
- millings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does milling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
- 2
Such cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber).
- 3
A type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material.
- 4
The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
- 5
The series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed.
- 6
A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of mill
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).