scaling
/ˈskeɪlɪŋ/noun, verb
scaling is spelled S-C-A-L-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scaling means “The act of one who scales or climbs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scaling is scalings.
How many letters and syllables are in scaling?
| Letters | 7: S-C-A-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th 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 scaling?
Scaling appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 scaling?
- /ˈskeɪlɪŋ/
Scaling 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-scaling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scaling
- scalings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scaling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of one who scales or climbs.
- 2
The removing of the scales of fish.
- 3
The formation of a layer of scale on a surface.
- 4
The removal of a layer of scale from a surface.
- 5
The measurement of dimensions using a scale.
- 6
The process of adjusting raw measurement data to fit an expected distribution, such fitting examination results to a normal distribution.
- 7
The expression of the terms of an equation using powers of nondimensional quantities.
- 8
The process of adjusting sights to a ship's guns.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of scale
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).