tying
/ˈtaɪ.ɪŋ/noun, verb
tying is spelled T-Y-I-N-G. The wrong spelling people search most is tieing: about 890 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 3 in 10 of all searches for the word. Tying is a noun meaning “Action of the verb to tie; ligature”. The plural of tying is tyings.
How many letters and syllables are in tying?
| Letters | 5: T-Y-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, tieing, about 890 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell tying?
Tying is spelled T-Y-I-N-G. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 3 in 10 of the searches for tying in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is tying?
Tying appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st 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 tying?
- /ˈtaɪ.ɪŋ/
Tying 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tying.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tying
- tyings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tying mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Action of the verb to tie; ligature.
- 2
The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of tie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tying in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense action of the verb to tie; ligature:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fixation |
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 tying come from?
From Middle English tiȝing, teing, from Old English *tīgung, tīging (“connection”), from Proto-Germanic *taugungō, from *taugijaną from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to tug, draw”). Equivalent to tie + -ing. Present participle from Old English tīgende, from tīgan, tīegan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).