seeding
/ˈsiːdɪŋ/noun, verb
seeding is spelled S-E-E-D-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seeding means “The arrangement of positions in a tournament” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seeding is seedings.
How many letters and syllables are in seeding?
| Letters | 7: S-E-E-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd 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 seeding?
Seeding appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 seeding?
- /ˈsiːdɪŋ/
Seeding 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-seeding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of seeding
- seedings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seeding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The arrangement of positions in a tournament.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of seed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seeding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Arrangement of positions in a tournament:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | appariement, départage, grille de départ |
| German | Auslosung, Platzierung, Startplatzvergabe |
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.