patrolling
/pəˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/noun, verb
patrolling is spelled P-A-T-R-O-L-L-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, patrolling means “The act of going on patrol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of patrolling is patrollings.
How many letters and syllables are in patrolling?
| Letters | 10: P-A-T-R-O-L-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd 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 patrolling?
Patrolling appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd 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 patrolling?
- UK /pəˈtɹəʊlɪŋ/
- US /pəˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/
Patrolling has 3 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).
What rhymes with patrolling?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as patrolling from its last stressed vowel (/oʊlɪŋ/):
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 patrolling
- patrollings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does patrolling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of going on patrol.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of patrol
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).