quibbling
/ˈkwɪblɪŋ/noun, verb
quibbling is spelled Q-U-I-B-B-L-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quibbling means “petty argument” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quibbling is quibblings.
How many letters and syllables are in quibbling?
| Letters | 9: Q-U-I-B-B-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 79,518th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is quibbling?
Quibbling appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th 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 quibbling?
- /ˈkwɪblɪŋ/
Quibbling 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-quibbling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of quibbling
- quibblings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quibbling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
petty argument
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of quibble
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).