pealing
/ˈpiːlɪŋ/noun, verb
pealing is spelled P-E-A-L-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pealing means “The sound made by bells as they peal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pealing is pealings.
How many letters and syllables are in pealing?
| Letters | 7: P-E-A-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 pealing?
Pealing appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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 pealing?
- /ˈpiːlɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-pealing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pealing
Sounds like: peeling (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of pealing
- pealings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pealing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The sound made by bells as they peal.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of peal
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).