stitching
/ˈstɪt͡ʃɪŋ/noun, verb
stitching is spelled S-T-I-T-C-H-I-N-G: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stitching means “Stitches, collectively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stitching is stitchings.
How many letters and syllables are in stitching?
| Letters | 9: S-T-I-T-C-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th 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 stitching?
Stitching appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 stitching?
- /ˈstɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
Stitching 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-stitching.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stitching
- stitchings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stitching mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Stitches, collectively.
The stitching is coming undone on this shirt.
- 2
Synonym of z-fighting.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of stitch
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).