rowing
/ˈɹoʊɪŋ/noun, verb
rowing is spelled R-O-W-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rowing means “The action of the verb to row” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rowing is rowings.
How many letters and syllables are in rowing?
| Letters | 6: R-O-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,342nd 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 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 rowing?
Rowing appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd 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 rowing?
- US /ˈɹoʊɪŋ/
- UK /ˈɹəʊɪŋ/
As a noun (“The act of having a row, or argument”): /ˈɹaʊɪŋ/.
Rowing 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: En-us-rowing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rowing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rowing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɪŋ/):
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 rowing
- rowings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rowing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of the verb to row.
- 2
The action of propelling a boat with oars.
- 3
The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
- 4
The act of having a row, or argument.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of row (“propel with oars”)
- 2
present participle and gerund of row (“to argue noisily”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rowing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 rowing come from?
By surface analysis, row + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).