sloping
slop·ing/ˈsloʊpɪŋ/adjective, verb, noun
sloping is spelled S-L-O-P-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (slop·ing). It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sloping means “Having a slope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sloping?
| Letters | 7: S-L-O-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: slop·ing |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd 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; 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 sloping?
Sloping appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd 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 sloping?
- UK /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/
- US /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/
Sloping has 2 syllables, split slop·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-sloping.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sloping?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sloping from its last stressed vowel (/oʊpɪŋ/):
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 sloping
- more sloping comparative
- most sloping superlative
- slopings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sloping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a slope.
a sloping roof
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of slope
- 2
in a sloping manner
the road cut through the fields sloping
noun
- 1
An arrangement or motion by which something slopes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).