snowing
snow·ing/ˈsnoʊɪŋ/noun, verb
snowing is spelled S-N-O-W-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (snow·ing). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snowing means “A fall of snow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of snowing is snowings.
How many letters and syllables are in snowing?
| Letters | 7: S-N-O-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: snow·ing |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th 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 snowing?
Snowing appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 snowing?
- UK /ˈsnəʊɪŋ/
- US /ˈsnoʊɪŋ/
Snowing has 2 syllables, split snow·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-snowing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with snowing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as snowing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɪŋ/):
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 snowing
- snowings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snowing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fall of snow.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of snow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does snowing come from?
From snow (verb).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).