tensing
noun, verb
tensing is spelled T-E-N-S-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tensing means “The act of making something tense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tensing is tensings.
How many letters and syllables are in tensing?
| Letters | 7: T-E-N-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 76,798th 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; 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 tensing?
Tensing appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th 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).
What rhymes with tensing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tensing.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nesting.
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 tensing
- tensings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tensing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of making something tense.
tensings of the muscles
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of tense
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).