peacocking
pea·cock·ing/ˈpikɑkɪŋ/noun
peacocking is spelled P-E-A-C-O-C-K-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables (pea·cock·ing). It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, peacocking means “Ostentatious dress or behaviour employed by a man in an attempt to impress women” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in peacocking?
| Letters | 10: P-E-A-C-O-C-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: pea·cock·ing |
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th 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 peacocking?
Peacocking appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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 peacocking?
- US /ˈpikɑkɪŋ/
- UK /ˈpiːkɒkɪŋ/
Peacocking has 3 syllables, split pea·cock·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-peacocking.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does peacocking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Ostentatious dress or behaviour employed by a man in an attempt to impress women.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does peacocking come from?
From peacock + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).