routing
/ˈɹutɪŋ/noun, verb
routing is spelled R-O-U-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, routing means “The assignment of a route to anything” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of routing is routings.
How many letters and syllables are in routing?
| Letters | 7: R-O-U-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is routing?
Routing appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th 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 routing?
- UK /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/
- US /ˈɹutɪŋ/
- US /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/
As a noun (“A channel cut in a material such as wood with a router or…”): /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/.
Routing has 2 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-routing_(oo).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-routing_(au).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with routing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as routing (/utɪŋ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: touring.
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 routing
- routings plural
- routeing
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does routing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The assignment of a route to anything.
the optimal routing of delivery vehicles
- 2
A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.
- 3
A channel cut in a material such as wood with a router or gouge.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of route
- 2
present participle and gerund of rout
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Routing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the :
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | routage |
| Portuguese | roteamento |
| Spanish | enrutamiento |
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.
Where does routing come from?
From route + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).