smelting
noun, verb
smelting is spelled S-M-E-L-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, smelting means “The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of smelting is smeltings.
How many letters and syllables are in smelting?
| Letters | 8: S-M-E-L-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th 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 smelting?
Smelting appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th 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 smelting?
Smelting 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-smelting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of smelting
- smeltings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does smelting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of smelt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Smelting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore:
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.