receding
adjective, noun, verb
receding is spelled R-E-C-E-D-I-N-G. The wrong spelling people search most is receeding: about 80 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Receding is an adjective meaning “Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing”.
How many letters and syllables are in receding?
| Letters | 8: R-E-C-E-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, receeding, about 80 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell receding?
Receding is spelled R-E-C-E-D-I-N-G. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for receding in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is receding?
Receding appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th 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 receding?
Receding 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).
Forms of receding
- more receding comparative
- most receding superlative
- recedings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does receding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing.
a receding hairline
noun
- 1
The action of something that recedes.
- 2
A recessed part.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of recede
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).