paraphrasing
noun, verb
paraphrasing is spelled P-A-R-A-P-H-R-A-S-I-N-G: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, paraphrasing means “A paraphrased statement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of paraphrasing is paraphrasings.
How many letters and syllables are in paraphrasing?
| Letters | 12: P-A-R-A-P-H-R-A-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th 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 paraphrasing?
Paraphrasing appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th 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 paraphrasing?
- General-American
Paraphrasing has 4 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: En-us-paraphrasing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of paraphrasing
- paraphrasings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does paraphrasing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A paraphrased statement.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of paraphrase
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).