shining
/ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
shining is spelled S-H-I-N-I-N-G. The wrong spelling people search most is shineing: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 63 of all searches for the word. Shining is an adjective meaning “Emitting light”.
How many letters and syllables are in shining?
| Letters | 7: S-H-I-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.5 times per million words; the 7,338th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, shineing, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell shining?
Shining is spelled S-H-I-N-I-N-G. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 63 of the searches for shining in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is shining?
Shining appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th 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 shining?
- /ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/
Shining 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-shining.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shining
- more shining comparative
- most shining superlative
- shinings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shining mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Emitting light.
- 2
Reflecting light.
- 3
Having a high polish or sheen.
- 4
Having exceptional merit.
a shining example
noun
- 1
A bright emission of light; a gleam.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of shine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shining in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | brillant , lustré , illustre, fameux, célèbre, renommé |
| German | leuchtend, strahlend , glänzend , hervorragend, brillant , reflektierend |
| Spanish | brillante , lustroso, lúcido , ilustre, famoso, célebre |
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 shining come from?
By surface analysis, shine + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).