skyscraping
adjective, noun
skyscraping is spelled S-K-Y-S-C-R-A-P-I-N-G: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, skyscraping means “Extremely tall; as tall as a skyscraper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in skyscraping?
| Letters | 11: S-K-Y-S-C-R-A-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is skyscraping?
Skyscraping appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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).
Forms of skyscraping
- more skyscraping comparative
- most skyscraping superlative
- sky-scraping
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skyscraping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Extremely tall; as tall as a skyscraper.
They built a skyscraping antenna so that they could reach a wider area.
noun
- 1
rareThe construction of skyscrapers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does skyscraping come from?
From sky + scraping.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).