tending
tend·ing/ˈtɛndɪŋ/noun, verb
tending is spelled T-E-N-D-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (tend·ing). It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tending means “Attention; the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tending?
| Letters | 7: T-E-N-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: tend·ing |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th 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 tending?
Tending appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 tending?
- /ˈtɛndɪŋ/
Tending has 2 syllables, split tend·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-tending.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tending
- tendings
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tending mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Attention; the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of tend
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).