spaying
noun, verb
spaying is spelled S-P-A-Y-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spaying means “The act or operation of neutering an animal; normally used in reference to performing the operation on a female” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spaying is spayings.
How many letters and syllables are in spaying?
| Letters | 7: S-P-A-Y-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 93,703rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is spaying?
Spaying appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd 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).
Forms of spaying
- spayings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spaying mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or operation of neutering an animal; normally used in reference to performing the operation on a female.
The veterinary surgeon carries out spayings almost every day.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of spay
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).