nesting
nest·ing/ˈnɛstɪŋ/noun, verb
nesting is spelled N-E-S-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (nest·ing). It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nesting means “The process by which a bird nests” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nesting is nestings.
How many letters and syllables are in nesting?
| Letters | 7: N-E-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: nest·ing |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,342nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 nesting?
Nesting appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd 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 nesting?
- /ˈnɛstɪŋ/
Nesting has 2 syllables, split nest·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nesting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nesting?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nesting.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tensing.
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 nesting
- nestings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nesting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process by which a bird nests.
- 2
An arrangement by which one thing is nested inside another.
the nesting of Russian dolls
- 3
The enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of nest
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nesting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the process by which a bird nests:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nidification |
| Spanish | anidación, nidificación, anidamiento |
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.