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singing

sing·ing/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb

singing is spelled S-I-N-G-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (sing·ing). It appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, singing means “The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of singing is singings.

How many letters and syllables are in singing?

Letters7: S-I-N-G-I-N-G
Syllables2: sing·ing
In writing39 times per million words; the 2,523rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 singing?

Singing appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd 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 singing?

  • /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/
  • [ˈsɪŋɪŋ]
  • /ˈsɪŋɡɪŋɡ/

Singing has 2 syllables, split sing·ing in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-singing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with singing?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as singing.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: signing.

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 singing

  • singings plural
  • more singing comparative
  • most singing superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does singing mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.

  2. 2

    informalDisclosing information, or giving evidence about another.

  3. 3

    USA gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.

  4. 4

    A ringing sound in the ears.

adjective

  1. 1

    Smooth and flowing.

  2. 2

    Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.

verb

  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of sing (a form of sing)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Singing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchchant (the act of using the voice to produce musical…)
GermanSingen, Gesang (the act of using the voice to produce musical…)
Portuguesecanto (the act of using the voice to produce musical…)
Spanishcanto, canturía, cantoría, cante (the act of using the voice to produce musical…), mélico (music: smooth and flowing)

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 singing come from?

From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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