touring
tour·ing/ˈtʊəɹɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
touring is spelled T-O-U-R-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (tour·ing). It appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, touring means “Working for a short time in different places” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in touring?
| Letters | 7: T-O-U-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: tour·ing |
| In writing | 7.8 times per million words; the 8,417th 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 touring?
Touring appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th 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 touring?
- /ˈtʊəɹɪŋ/
- /ˈtɔːɹɪŋ/
Touring has 2 syllables, split tour·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-touring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with touring?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as touring.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: routing.
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 touring
- tourings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does touring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Working for a short time in different places.
a touring company
- 2
Intended for a journey through a country or a region, related to tourism.
If you are not using a touring-specific bike and you have large feet, you could have problems with your heels striking your rear panniers. This is one of the very reasons why a touring bike has long chainstays (435mm minimum).
noun
- 1
informalA touring car.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of tour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).