serving
/ˈsɝvɪŋ/noun, verb
serving is spelled S-E-R-V-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 42 times per million words in written English, the 2,392nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, serving means “The act or process of serving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of serving is servings.
How many letters and syllables are in serving?
| Letters | 7: S-E-R-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 42 times per million words; the 2,392nd 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 serving?
Serving appears 42 times per million words in written English, the 2,392nd 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 serving?
- UK /ˈsɜːvɪŋ/
- US /ˈsɝvɪŋ/
Serving 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-serving.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with serving?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as serving from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹvɪŋ/):
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 serving
- servings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does serving mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of serving.
- 2
An instance of that act or process.
- 3
The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.
- 4
A fraction or share.
- 5
A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of serve
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate serving?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of serving: serv.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Serving in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 serving come from?
By surface analysis, serve + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).