sewing
/ˈsoʊɪŋ/noun, verb
sewing is spelled S-E-W-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sewing means “The action of the verb to sew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sewing is sewings.
How many letters and syllables are in sewing?
| Letters | 6: S-E-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.9 times per million words; the 11,373rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 sewing?
Sewing appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd 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 sewing?
- UK /ˈsəʊɪŋ/
- US /ˈsoʊɪŋ/
Sewing 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-sewing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sewing
Sounds like: sowing (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with sewing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sewing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: swinge.
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 sewing
- sewings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sewing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of the verb to sew.
- 2
Something that is being or has been sewn.
She put down her sewing and went to answer the door.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of sew
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sewing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense action of the verb to sew:
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 sewing come from?
From Middle English sewinge, seuinge, seuwinge (“sewing”), equivalent to sew + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).