observing
ob·serv·ing/əbˈzɝvɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
observing is spelled O-B-S-E-R-V-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables (ob·serv·ing). It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, observing means “observation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of observing is observings.
How many letters and syllables are in observing?
| Letters | 9: O-B-S-E-R-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ob·serv·ing |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 observing?
Observing appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 observing?
- US /əbˈzɝvɪŋ/
- UK /ɒbˈzɜːvɪŋ/
- UK /əbˈzɜːvɪŋ/
Observing has 3 syllables, split ob·serv·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-observing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with observing?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as observing from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹvɪŋ/):
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 observing
- observings plural
- more observing comparative
- most observing superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does observing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
observation
adjective
- 1
observant
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of observe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).