rating
/ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/noun, verb
rating is spelled R-A-T-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,288th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rating means “A position on a scale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rating is ratings.
How many letters and syllables are in rating?
| Letters | 6: R-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 28 times per million words; the 3,288th 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 rating?
Rating appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,288th 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 rating?
- UK /ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/
- US /ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/
- US [ˈɹeɪɾɪŋ]
Rating 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)-Persent101-rating.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rating?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rating from its last stressed vowel (/eɪtɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gratin, tringa, taring.
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 rating
- ratings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A position on a scale.
- 2
An evaluation of status, especially of financial status.
They have a poor credit rating.
- 3
A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.
He has a high chess rating.
- 4
A quantitative measure of the audience of a television program.
- 5
A seaman in a warship.
- 6
UKAn enlisted seaman not a commissioned officer or warrant officer.
In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are: ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of rate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate rating?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of rating: rtg..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rating in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | notation , évaluation, rating |
| Portuguese | marca , patente |
| Spanish | calificación, rating |
| German | Rating |
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.