paying
pay·ing/ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/noun, verb
paying is spelled P-A-Y-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables (pay·ing). It appears 56 times per million words in written English, the 1,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, paying means “payment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of paying is payings.
How many letters and syllables are in paying?
| Letters | 6: P-A-Y-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pay·ing |
| In writing | 56 times per million words; the 1,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is paying?
Paying appears 56 times per million words in written English, the 1,822nd 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 paying?
- /ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/
Paying has 2 syllables, split pay·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-paying.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of paying
- payings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does paying mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
payment
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of pay
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does paying come from?
From pay + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).