mocking
mock·ing/ˈmɑkɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
mocking is spelled M-O-C-K-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (mock·ing). It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mocking means “mockery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mocking is mockings.
How many letters and syllables are in mocking?
| Letters | 7: M-O-C-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mock·ing |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mocking?
Mocking appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th 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 mocking?
- US /ˈmɑkɪŋ/
- UK /ˈmɒkɪŋ/
Mocking has 2 syllables, split mock·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mocking.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mocking?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mocking from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mocking
- mockings plural
- more mocking comparative
- most mocking superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mocking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
mockery
adjective
- 1
derisive or contemptuous
- 2
teasing or taunting
mocking laugh
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of mock
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mocking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense derisive or contemptuous:
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.