plowing
verb, noun
plowing is spelled P-L-O-W-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, plowing means “Riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in plowing?
| Letters | 7: P-L-O-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 plowing?
Plowing appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 plowing?
- US
Plowing 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-plowing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with plowing
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: ploughing.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of plowing
- plowings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plowing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular.
- 2
Ploughing.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of ploughing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).