scanning
scan·ning/ˈskænɪŋ/noun, verb
scanning is spelled S-C-A-N-N-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (scan·ning). It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scanning means “The act of something being scanned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scanning is scannings.
How many letters and syllables are in scanning?
| Letters | 8: S-C-A-N-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: scan·ning |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd 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 scanning?
Scanning appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 scanning?
- /ˈskænɪŋ/
Scanning has 2 syllables, split scan·ning in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-scanning.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scanning
- scannings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scanning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of something being scanned.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of scan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).