mixing
/ˈmɪksɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
mixing is spelled M-I-X-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mixing means “The act, or the result of making a mixture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mixing is mixings.
How many letters and syllables are in mixing?
| Letters | 6: M-I-X-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,957th 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 mixing?
Mixing appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th 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 mixing?
- /ˈmɪksɪŋ/
Mixing 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: En-us-mixing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mixing
- mixings plural
- more mixing comparative
- most mixing superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mixing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act, or the result of making a mixture.
No two mixings of these paints are ever the same.
adjective
- 1
Of a stochastic process, to be asymptotically independent (in a precise mathematical sense).
A strictly stationary and mixing process with finite expectation satisfies a Law of Large Numbers.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of mix
He is mixing the paint.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).