ploughing
noun, verb
ploughing is spelled P-L-O-U-G-H-I-N-G: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ploughing means “The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ploughing is ploughings.
How many letters and syllables are in ploughing?
| Letters | 9: P-L-O-U-G-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,863rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is ploughing?
Ploughing appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd 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).
Words people confuse with ploughing
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: plowing.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of ploughing
- ploughings plural
- plowing
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ploughing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of plough
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ploughing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense breaking of the ground into furrows:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.