sliding
/ˈslaɪdɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
sliding is spelled S-L-I-D-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.4 times per million words in written English, the 8,669th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sliding means “The motion of something that slides” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sliding is slidings.
How many letters and syllables are in sliding?
| Letters | 7: S-L-I-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.4 times per million words; the 8,669th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 sliding?
Sliding appears 7.4 times per million words in written English, the 8,669th 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 sliding?
- /ˈslaɪdɪŋ/
Sliding 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)-Vealhurl-sliding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sliding?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sliding.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sidling.
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 sliding
- slidings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sliding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The motion of something that slides.
- 2
skeleton (winter sport)
adjective
- 1
Designed or able to slide.
Our yard is just outside the sliding door.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of slide
Children were swinging and sliding in the playground.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sliding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense able to slide:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | coulissant |
| Spanish | corredizo, corredero |
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.