popping
/ˈpɑpɪŋ/noun, verb
popping is spelled P-O-P-P-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, popping means “The act or sound of something that pops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of popping is poppings.
How many letters and syllables are in popping?
| Letters | 7: P-O-P-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th 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 popping?
Popping appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th 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 popping?
- UK /ˈpɒpɪŋ/
- US /ˈpɑpɪŋ/
- US [ˈpʰɑpɪ̈ŋ]
Popping 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)-Vealhurl-popping.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with popping?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as popping from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpɪŋ/):
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 popping
- poppings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does popping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or sound of something that pops.
- 2
A style of funk dance involving rapid contractions and relaxations of the muscles to switch between poses.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of pop
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).