shopping
shop·ping/ˈʃɑpɪŋ/noun, verb
shopping is spelled S-H-O-P-P-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (shop·ping). It appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shopping means “The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shopping is shoppings.
How many letters and syllables are in shopping?
| Letters | 8: S-H-O-P-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: shop·ping |
| In writing | 48 times per million words; the 2,113th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 shopping?
Shopping appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th 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 shopping?
- UK /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/
- US /ˈʃɑpɪŋ/
Shopping has 2 syllables, split shop·ping in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shopping.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-shopping.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shopping?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shopping from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpɪŋ/):
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 shopping
- shoppings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shopping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.
On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.
- 2
Recently bought goods.
I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.
- 3
An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.
Boston has good shopping.
- 4
Placement in a workshop for overhaul.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of shop
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shopping in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | shopping, courses, magasinage , achats |
| German | Einkaufen, Einkauf, Einkäufe, Shopping, Shoppen |
| Portuguese | compras |
| Spanish | shopping, compra , compras |
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 shopping come from?
By surface analysis, shop + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).