suggesting
/sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛst.ɪŋ/noun, verb
suggesting is spelled S-U-G-G-E-S-T-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, suggesting means “suggestion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of suggesting is suggestings.
How many letters and syllables are in suggesting?
| Letters | 10: S-U-G-G-E-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,667th 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 suggesting?
Suggesting appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th 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 suggesting?
- UK /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ɪŋ/
- US /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛst.ɪŋ/
Suggesting 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). Recordings: En-us-suggesting.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of suggesting
- suggestings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does suggesting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
suggestion
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of suggest
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).