scouting
/ˈskaʊtɪŋ/noun, verb
scouting is spelled S-C-O-U-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scouting means “The act of one who scouts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scouting is scoutings.
How many letters and syllables are in scouting?
| Letters | 8: S-C-O-U-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th 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 scouting?
Scouting appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th 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 scouting?
- US /ˈskaʊtɪŋ/
Scouting 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-scouting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scouting
- scoutings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scouting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of one who scouts.
- 2
The Scout Movement.
- 3
The activities of boy scouts and girl scouts.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of scout
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of scouting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scouting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | reconhecimento , escotismo |
| Spanish | scouting , escultismo, scoutismo, escoutismo |
| French | scoutisme |
| German | Pfadfinderbewegung |
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.