mooting
noun, verb
mooting is spelled M-O-O-T-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mooting means “The activity of taking part in a moot court” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mooting is mootings.
How many letters and syllables are in mooting?
| Letters | 7: M-O-O-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is mooting?
Mooting appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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).
Forms of mooting
- mootings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mooting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The activity of taking part in a moot court.
In this he had been guided, not by the mootings of lawyers, not by the reveries of pamphlets, not by the conversation of coffee-houses, but by the opinions of minds that were fitter to direct than to co-operate with such minds as his.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of moot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mooting come from?
From Middle English motinge, moting, from Old English mōtung, equivalent to moot + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).