removing
/ɹɪˈmuːvɪŋ/noun, verb
removing is spelled R-E-M-O-V-I-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, removing means “removal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of removing is removings.
How many letters and syllables are in removing?
| Letters | 8: R-E-M-O-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,589th 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 removing?
Removing appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th 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 removing?
- /ɹɪˈmuːvɪŋ/
Removing 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: En-us-removing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of removing
- removings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does removing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
removal
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of remove
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).