teaching
/ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/noun, verb
teaching is spelled T-E-A-C-H-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 52 times per million words in written English, the 1,941st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, teaching means “Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of teaching is teachings.
How many letters and syllables are in teaching?
| Letters | 8: T-E-A-C-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 52 times per million words; the 1,941st 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 teaching?
Teaching appears 52 times per million words in written English, the 1,941st 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 teaching?
- /ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/
Teaching 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: En-us-teaching.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with teaching?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as teaching.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cheating.
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 teaching
- teachings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does teaching mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.
Many follow the teachings of Confucius.
- 2
The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.
Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of teach
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Teaching in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | doctrine, enseignement |
| German | Lehre , Lehren, Lehrerberuf, Lehrtätigkeit, Unterrichtstätigkeit, Unterrichten |
| Portuguese | ensinamento , ensino |
| Spanish | enseñanza , docencia, ámbito didáctico |
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 teaching come from?
From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English tǣċing, tǣċung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).