tasting
/ˈteɪstɪŋ/noun, verb
tasting is spelled T-A-S-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tasting means “A small amount of food or drink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tasting is tastings.
How many letters and syllables are in tasting?
| Letters | 7: T-A-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tasting?
Tasting appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th 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 tasting?
- /ˈteɪstɪŋ/
Tasting 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)-Vealhurl-tasting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tasting?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tasting.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stating.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tasting
- tastings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tasting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small amount of food or drink.
- 2
The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of taste
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tasting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Verkostung , Degustation |
| Spanish | cata, probadura , degustación, probana |
| French | dégustation |
| Portuguese | degustação |
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.
Where does tasting come from?
From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste + -ing (gerundive ending).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).