sucking
suck·ing/ˈsʌkɪŋ/noun, verb
sucking is spelled S-U-C-K-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (suck·ing). It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sucking means “An act of sucking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sucking is suckings.
How many letters and syllables are in sucking?
| Letters | 7: S-U-C-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: suck·ing |
| In writing | 7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd 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 sucking?
Sucking appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd 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 sucking?
- /ˈsʌkɪŋ/
Sucking has 2 syllables, split suck·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sucking.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sucking
- suckings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sucking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of sucking.
- 2
A sound or motion that sucks.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of suck
adjective
- 1
archaicStill nourished by the mother's milk, as an infant; suckling.
- 2
archaicYoung and inexperienced.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sucking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of sucking:
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.