screwing
noun, verb
screwing is spelled S-C-R-E-W-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, screwing means “The act by which something is screwed (in various senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of screwing is screwings.
How many letters and syllables are in screwing?
| Letters | 8: S-C-R-E-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,228th 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 screwing?
Screwing appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th 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 screwing?
- Australia
Screwing 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: En-au-screwing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of screwing
- screwings plural
- more screwing comparative
- most screwing superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does screwing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something is screwed (in various senses).
- 2
slangvulgarAn act of sexual intercourse.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of screw
adjective
- 1
archaicExacting; extortionate; close.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Screwing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sexual intercourse:
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.