monitoring
/ˈmɑnɪtɚɪŋ/noun, verb
monitoring is spelled M-O-N-I-T-O-R-I-N-G: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 4,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, monitoring means “The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of monitoring is monitorings.
How many letters and syllables are in monitoring?
| Letters | 10: M-O-N-I-T-O-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 22 times per million words; the 4,015th 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 monitoring?
Monitoring appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 4,015th 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 monitoring?
- US /ˈmɑnɪtɚɪŋ/
Monitoring has 4 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-monitoring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of monitoring
- monitorings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does monitoring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of monitor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Monitoring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Surveillance or continuous or regular observation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | surveillance, monitoring |
| German | Überwachung |
| Portuguese | monitorização |
| Spanish | monitorización, monitoreo |
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.
Where does monitoring come from?
From monitor + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).