typecasting
noun, verb
typecasting is spelled T-Y-P-E-C-A-S-T-I-N-G: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, typecasting means “The process by which a person is typecast, or taken to be a particular stereotype” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of typecasting is typecastings.
How many letters and syllables are in typecasting?
| Letters | 11: T-Y-P-E-C-A-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is typecasting?
Typecasting appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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 typecasting?
Typecasting has 3 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).
Forms of typecasting
- typecastings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does typecasting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process by which a person is typecast, or taken to be a particular stereotype.
- 2
The act of typing out messages with a typewriter and posting images of them online.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of typecast
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does typecasting come from?
By surface analysis, typecast + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).