sheeting
sheet·ing/ˈʃiːtɪŋ/noun, verb
sheeting is spelled S-H-E-E-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (sheet·ing). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sheeting means “Fabric used to make sheets (bedding)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sheeting is sheetings.
How many letters and syllables are in sheeting?
| Letters | 8: S-H-E-E-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sheet·ing |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 sheeting?
Sheeting appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th 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 sheeting?
- /ˈʃiːtɪŋ/
Sheeting has 2 syllables, split sheet·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sheeting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sheeting?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sheeting.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: seething.
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 sheeting
- sheetings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sheeting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Fabric used to make sheets (bedding).
- 2
The process of forming material into sheets.
- 3
A lining of planks or boards for protecting an embankment.
- 4
A weathering process in which rock breaks into sheets after compressional stress on it is removed.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of sheet
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sheeting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A lining of boards for protecting an embankment:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Verschalung, Beplankung |
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 sheeting come from?
From sheet + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).