relaxing
adjective, noun, verb
relaxing is spelled R-E-L-A-X-I-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, relaxing means “Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in relaxing?
| Letters | 8: R-E-L-A-X-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th 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 relaxing?
Relaxing appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 relaxing?
Relaxing 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-relaxing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of relaxing
- more relaxing comparative
- most relaxing superlative
- relaxings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does relaxing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.
a relaxing piece of music
noun
- 1
The process by which something is relaxed.
relaxings of the muscles
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of relax
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Relaxing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense allowing one to relax:
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.