rasping
adjective, noun, verb
rasping is spelled R-A-S-P-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, rasping means “raspy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rasping?
| Letters | 7: R-A-S-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 67,454th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 rasping?
Rasping appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th 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).
What rhymes with rasping?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rasping.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sparing, parsing.
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 rasping
- more rasping comparative
- most rasping superlative
- raspings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rasping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
raspy
He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.
- 2
exasperating
- 3
Pushing forward with great force.
noun
- 1
A sound that rasps.
- 2
The act of rasping as with a file.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of rasp
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).