shedding

/ˈʃɛdɪŋ/noun, verb

shedding is spelled S-H-E-D-D-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shedding means “The act of shedding, separating, or casting off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shedding is sheddings.

How many letters and syllables are in shedding?

Letters	8: S-H-E-D-D-I-N-G
Syllables	2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd 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 shedding?

Shedding appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form in the list.

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rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce shedding?

/ˈʃɛdɪŋ/

Shedding 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-shedding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of shedding

sheddings plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does shedding mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
The act of shedding, separating, or casting off.
the sheddings of blood under the Old Testament
2
That which is shed, or cast off.

verb

1
present participle and gerund of shed (a form of shed)