schooling
/ˈskuːlɪŋ/noun, verb
schooling is spelled S-C-H-O-O-L-I-N-G: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, schooling means “Training or instruction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of schooling is schoolings.
How many letters and syllables are in schooling?
| Letters | 9: S-C-H-O-O-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th 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 schooling?
Schooling appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th 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 schooling?
- /ˈskuːlɪŋ/
Schooling 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)-Sapaa-schooling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of schooling
- schoolings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does schooling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Training or instruction.
- 2
Institutional education; attendance of school.
I never let my schooling interfere with my education.
- 3
The training of a horse at dressage.
- 4
obsoleteDiscipline; reproof; reprimand.
He gave his son a good schooling.
- 5
obsoleteCompensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of school
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Schooling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense institutional education:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | scolarisation |
| German | Einschulung |
| Portuguese | escolarização |
| Spanish | escolarización |
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.