parting
/ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/noun, verb
parting is spelled P-A-R-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, parting means “The act of parting or dividing; division; separation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of parting is partings.
How many letters and syllables are in parting?
| Letters | 7: P-A-R-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 parting?
Parting appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 parting?
- US /ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/
- UK /ˈpɑːtɪŋ/
Parting 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: En-us-parting.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with parting?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as parting from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹtɪŋ/):
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 parting
- partings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
- 2
The state of being parted.
- 3
A farewell, the act of departing politely.
- 4
UKThe dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- 5
The joint or connected between two surfaces of one section of a mould.
- 6
The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
- 7
A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
- 8
The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of part
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Parting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | adieu, au revoir , ligne de partage |
| German | Abschied , Scheitel, Haarscheitel, Mittelscheitel, Seitenscheitel |
| Portuguese | despedida , risco, risco do cabelo |
| Spanish | carrera, crencha, raya del cabello, raya del pelo, partidura |
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 parting come from?
By surface analysis, part + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).