throwing
/ˈθɹoʊ.ɪŋ/noun, verb
throwing is spelled T-H-R-O-W-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, throwing means “The act by which something is thrown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of throwing is throwings.
How many letters and syllables are in throwing?
| Letters | 8: T-H-R-O-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,612th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 throwing?
Throwing appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th 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 throwing?
- US /ˈθɹoʊ.ɪŋ/
- UK /ˈθɹəʊ.ɪŋ/
Throwing 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-throwing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with throwing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as throwing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ingrowth.
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 throwing
- throwings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does throwing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something is thrown.
- 2
The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of throw
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).