retting
noun, verb
retting is spelled R-E-T-T-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, retting means “The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of retting is rettings.
How many letters and syllables are in retting?
| Letters | 7: R-E-T-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 58 million words; the 237,177th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is retting?
Retting appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th 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).
Forms of retting
- rettings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does retting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes.
- 2
A place where flax is retted; a rettery.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of ret
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does retting come from?
From ret + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).