shaking
/ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/noun, verb
shaking is spelled S-H-A-K-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shaking means “A movement that shakes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shaking is shakings.
How many letters and syllables are in shaking?
| Letters | 7: S-H-A-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,230th 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 shaking?
Shaking appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th 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 shaking?
- /ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/
Shaking 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-shaking.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shaking
- shakings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shaking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A movement that shakes.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of shake
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).