shouting
/ˈʃaʊtɪŋ/noun, verb
shouting is spelled S-H-O-U-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shouting means “An instance of loud or highly audible acclamation, clamor, crying or uproar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shouting is shoutings.
How many letters and syllables are in shouting?
| Letters | 8: S-H-O-U-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.3 times per million words; the 7,445th 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 shouting?
Shouting appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th 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 shouting?
- /ˈʃaʊtɪŋ/
- /ˈʃuːtɪn/
Shouting 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)-Persent101-shouting.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-shouting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shouting
- shoutings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shouting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instance of loud or highly audible acclamation, clamor, crying or uproar.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of shout
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shouting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the action of the verb to shout:
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.