showing
/ˈʃoʊɪŋ/noun, verb
showing is spelled S-H-O-W-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 76 times per million words in written English, the 1,394th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, showing means “An occasion when something is shown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of showing is showings.
How many letters and syllables are in showing?
| Letters | 7: S-H-O-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 76 times per million words; the 1,394th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 showing?
Showing appears 76 times per million words in written English, the 1,394th 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 showing?
- UK /ˈʃəʊɪŋ/
- US /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/
Showing 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-showing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with showing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as showing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɪŋ/):
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 showing
- showings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does showing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An occasion when something is shown.
We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
- 2
A result, a judgement.
He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of show
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Showing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense occasion:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Vorführung |
| Spanish | función, tanda |
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 showing come from?
From Middle English schewyng, schewinge, from Old English sċēawung (“a looking at, contemplation, consideration; respect, regard; survey, examination; a show, appearance, pretense”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwungu, from Proto-Germanic *skawwungō, equivalent to show + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schouwing (“inspection, survey”), German Schauung (“vision”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).