pasting
/ˈpeɪstɪŋ/noun, verb
pasting is spelled P-A-S-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 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, pasting means “The act of applying paste to something, or affixing something using paste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pasting is pastings.
How many letters and syllables are in pasting?
| Letters | 7: P-A-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (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 pasting?
Pasting 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 pasting?
- /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/
Pasting 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-au-pasting.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pasting
- pastings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pasting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of applying paste to something, or affixing something using paste.
- 2
slangA defeat; a beating.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of paste
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).