stiffening
noun, verb
stiffening is spelled S-T-I-F-F-E-N-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stiffening means “An item, material or feature that makes something stiffer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stiffening is stiffenings.
How many letters and syllables are in stiffening?
| Letters | 10: S-T-I-F-F-E-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th 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 stiffening?
Stiffening appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th 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 stiffening?
Stiffening has 3 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).
Forms of stiffening
- stiffenings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stiffening mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An item, material or feature that makes something stiffer.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of stiffen
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stiffening in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense something that stiffens:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Versteifung |
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.