preparing
/pɹɪˈpɛɹɪŋ/noun, verb
preparing is spelled P-R-E-P-A-R-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, preparing means “preparation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of preparing is preparings.
How many letters and syllables are in preparing?
| Letters | 9: P-R-E-P-A-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,076th 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 preparing?
Preparing appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th 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 preparing?
- UK /pɹɪˈpɛəɹɪŋ/
- US /pɹɪˈpɛɹɪŋ/
Preparing has 3 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-preparing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with preparing?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as preparing from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹɪŋ/):
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 preparing
- preparings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does preparing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
preparation
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of prepare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate preparing?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of preparing: prepg..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).