splaining
noun, verb
splaining is spelled S-P-L-A-I-N-I-N-G: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, splaining means “Apheretic form of explaining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of splaining is splainings.
How many letters and syllables are in splaining?
| Letters | 9: S-P-L-A-I-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th 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 splaining?
Splaining appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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 splaining
- splainings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does splaining mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Apheretic form of explaining.
You've got some splaining to do.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of splain
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).