rafting
/ˈɹæftɪŋ/noun, verb
rafting is spelled R-A-F-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rafting means “The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rafting?
| Letters | 7: R-A-F-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 rafting?
Rafting appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th 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 rafting?
- UK /ˈɹɑːftɪŋ/
- US /ˈɹæftɪŋ/
Rafting 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).
What rhymes with rafting?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rafting from its last stressed vowel (/æftɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: farting.
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).
What does rafting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of raft
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rafting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sport:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rafting, radelage |
| German | Rafting |
| Spanish | descenso de ríos, descensión fluvial, descendimiento fluvial, rafting (raftin) |
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.