parking
park·ing/ˈpɑɹ.kɪŋ/noun, verb
parking is spelled P-A-R-K-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (park·ing). It appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, parking means “The action of the verb to park” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of parking is parkings.
How many letters and syllables are in parking?
| Letters | 7: P-A-R-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: park·ing |
| In writing | 30 times per million words; the 3,161st 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 parking?
Parking appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st 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 parking?
- UK /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ/
- US /ˈpɑɹ.kɪŋ/
- /ˈpɑ(r).kɪnɡ/
Parking has 2 syllables, split park·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-parking.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with parking?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as parking from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹkɪŋ/):
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 parking
- parkings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of the verb to park.
free parking
- 2
Space in which to park a car or other vehicle, such as a parking lot or curbside parking.
Near-synonyms: car park, carpark
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of park
Parking a car in a tight spot gave him some satisfaction. (as gerund)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate parking?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of parking: P, pkg.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Parking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | stationnement , parking |
| German | Parken, Parkieren , Parkplatz |
| Portuguese | estacionamento |
| Spanish | aparcamiento, estacionamiento, parqueo , playa de estacionamiento, plaza de aparcamiento |
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.
Where does parking come from?
From park + -ing (participial).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).