returning
re·turn·ing/ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/noun, verb
returning is spelled R-E-T-U-R-N-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables (re·turn·ing). It appears 31 times per million words in written English, the 3,052nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, returning means “The act of one who returns; a coming back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of returning is returnings.
How many letters and syllables are in returning?
| Letters | 9: R-E-T-U-R-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: re·turn·ing |
| In writing | 31 times per million words; the 3,052nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is returning?
Returning appears 31 times per million words in written English, the 3,052nd 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 returning?
- UK /ɹɪˈtɜːnɪŋ/
- US /ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/
Returning has 3 syllables, split re·turn·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-returning.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with returning?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as returning from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹnɪŋ/):
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 returning
- returnings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does returning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of one who returns; a coming back.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of return
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).