stabbing
/ˈstæb.ɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
stabbing is spelled S-T-A-B-B-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, stabbing means “Sharp, intense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in stabbing?
| Letters | 8: S-T-A-B-B-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st 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 stabbing?
Stabbing appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st 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 stabbing?
- /ˈstæb.ɪŋ/
Stabbing 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: En-us-stabbing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stabbing
- stabbings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stabbing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Sharp, intense.
Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest.
noun
- 1
An incident in which a person is stabbed.
A stabbing took place in the alley last night.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of stab
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stabbing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in incident in which a person is stabbed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Messerstecherei |
| Portuguese | esfaqueamento |
| Spanish | apuñalamiento, acuchillamiento |
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.