sending
/ˈsɛndɪŋ/noun, verb
sending is spelled S-E-N-D-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 41 times per million words in written English, the 2,438th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sending means “The act by which somebody or something is sent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sending is sendings.
How many letters and syllables are in sending?
| Letters | 7: S-E-N-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 41 times per million words; the 2,438th 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 sending?
Sending appears 41 times per million words in written English, the 2,438th 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 sending?
- /ˈsɛndɪŋ/
Sending 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-us-sending.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sending
- sendings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sending mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which somebody or something is sent.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of send
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).