scrolling
/ˈskɹoʊlɪŋ/noun, verb
scrolling is spelled S-C-R-O-L-L-I-N-G: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scrolling means “The continuous movement of text or images on a display screen in either a horizontal or vertical direction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scrolling is scrollings.
How many letters and syllables are in scrolling?
| Letters | 9: S-C-R-O-L-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is scrolling?
Scrolling appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 scrolling?
- US /ˈskɹoʊlɪŋ/
Scrolling 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-scrolling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scrolling?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as scrolling from its last stressed vowel (/oʊlɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of scrolling
- scrollings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scrolling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The continuous movement of text or images on a display screen in either a horizontal or vertical direction.
- 2
Ornamental scrollwork.
- 3
Continuous and aimless consumption of content on social media, especially on websites or apps with a scrolling feed, such as Instagram, TikTok, or X.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of scroll
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scrolling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | desplazamiento |
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.