mowing
/ˈməʊ.ɪŋ/noun, verb
mowing is spelled M-O-W-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mowing means “The activity by which something is mown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mowing is mowings.
How many letters and syllables are in mowing?
| Letters | 6: M-O-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st 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 mowing?
Mowing appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st 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 mowing?
- /ˈməʊ.ɪŋ/
Mowing 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)-Vealhurl-mowing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mowing
- mowings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mowing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The activity by which something is mown.
- 2
Land from which grass is cut.
- 3
The grass clippings resulting from mowing.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of mow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mowing come from?
From Middle English mowynge; equivalent to mow + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).