spacing
/ˈspeɪsɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
spacing is spelled S-P-A-C-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spacing means “The action of the verb space” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spacing is spacings.
How many letters and syllables are in spacing?
| Letters | 7: S-P-A-C-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th 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 spacing?
Spacing appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 spacing?
- /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/
Spacing 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-spacing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spacing
- spacings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spacing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of the verb space.
- 2
A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.
The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.
- 3
The space between two objects or people.
Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.
- 4
The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.
adjective
- 1
That inserts space between two objects.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of space
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of SPAC
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).