mooring
noun, verb
mooring is spelled M-O-O-R-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mooring means “A place to moor a vessel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mooring is moorings.
How many letters and syllables are in mooring?
| Letters | 7: M-O-O-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th 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 mooring?
Mooring appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 mooring?
- US
Mooring 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)-Wodencafe-mooring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mooring
- moorings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mooring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place to moor a vessel.
- 2
The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
- 3
Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of moor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mooring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bitte, poste d'amarrage , amarrage |
| Portuguese | ancoradouro |
| German | Vertäuung |
| Spanish | amarre |
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.