mining
/ˈmaɪnɪŋ/noun, verb
mining is spelled M-I-N-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 36 times per million words in written English, the 2,669th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mining means “The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mining is minings.
How many letters and syllables are in mining?
| Letters | 6: M-I-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 36 times per million words; the 2,669th 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 mining?
Mining appears 36 times per million words in written English, the 2,669th 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 mining?
- /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/
Mining 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)-Persent101-mining.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mining
- minings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mining mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.
gold mining
- 2
Any activity that extracts or undermines.
His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
- 3
The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).
- 4
Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of mine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mining in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense activity of removing valuables from the earth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | extraction minière, exploitation minière |
| German | Bergbau |
| Portuguese | mineração |
| Spanish | minería |
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.