phoning
/ˈfoʊnɪŋ/noun, verb
phoning is spelled P-H-O-N-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phoning means “The act of placing a telephone call” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phoning is phonings.
How many letters and syllables are in phoning?
| Letters | 7: P-H-O-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th 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 phoning?
Phoning appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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 phoning?
- UK /ˈfəʊnɪŋ/
- US /ˈfoʊnɪŋ/
Phoning 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-us-phoning.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with phoning?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as phoning from its last stressed vowel (/oʊnɪŋ/):
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 phoning
- phonings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phoning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalThe act of placing a telephone call.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of phone
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).