sporting
spor·ting/ˈspɔɹtɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
sporting is spelled S-P-O-R-T-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (spor·ting). It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sporting means “Pertaining to sports” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sporting?
| Letters | 8: S-P-O-R-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: spor·ting |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 sporting?
Sporting appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th 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 sporting?
- /ˈspɔɹtɪŋ/
- /ˈspo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/
- /ˈspɔːtɪŋ/
Sporting has 2 syllables, split spor·ting in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with sporting?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sporting.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ringspot.
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 sporting
- more sporting comparative
- most sporting superlative
- sportings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sporting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to sports
He got a job in a sporting goods store.
- 2
Exhibiting sportsmanship.
Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.
- 3
Fair, generous; game.
It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.
- 4
obsoleteOf or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.
noun
- 1
The act of taking part in a sport.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of sport
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sporting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to sports:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sportif |
| German | sportiv |
| Portuguese | esportivo, desportivo |
| Spanish | deportivo |
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.
Where does sporting come from?
By surface analysis, sport + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).