slaying
/ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/noun, verb
slaying is spelled S-L-A-Y-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slaying means “Killing, especially the murder of a human” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of slaying is slayings.
How many letters and syllables are in slaying?
| Letters | 7: S-L-A-Y-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th 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 slaying?
Slaying appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th 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 slaying?
- /ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/
Slaying 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)-Flame,_not_lame-slaying.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of slaying
- slayings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slaying mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Killing, especially the murder of a human.
The slaying of the civil rights activist brought a storm of protest.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of slay
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).