scraping
noun, verb
scraping is spelled S-C-R-A-P-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scraping means “The sound or action of something being scraped” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scraping is scrapings.
How many letters and syllables are in scraping?
| Letters | 8: S-C-R-A-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th 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 scraping?
Scraping appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 scraping?
Scraping 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).
Forms of scraping
- scrapings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scraping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The sound or action of something being scraped.
- 2
Something removed by being scraped.
the scrapings of roads and ditches
- 3
Automated collection of data, data scraping.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of scrape
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scraping in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense material removed when something has been scraped:
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 scraping come from?
From Middle English scrapinge, equivalent to scrape + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).