shaming
/ˈʃeɪm.ɪŋ/noun, verb
shaming is spelled S-H-A-M-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shaming means “The activity by which somebody is shamed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shaming is shamings.
How many letters and syllables are in shaming?
| Letters | 7: S-H-A-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th 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 shaming?
Shaming appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 shaming?
- UK /ˈʃeɪm.ɪŋ/
Shaming 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-shaming.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shaming
- shamings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shaming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The activity by which somebody is shamed.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of shame
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shaming in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the activity of shaming:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Beschämen |
| Portuguese | envergonhar |
| Spanish | zaherimiento, zaherío |
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.