undoing
/ʌnˈduːɪŋ/noun, verb
undoing is spelled U-N-D-O-I-N-G: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, undoing means “The act of loosening or unfastening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of undoing is undoings.
How many letters and syllables are in undoing?
| Letters | 7: U-N-D-O-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd 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 undoing?
Undoing appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd 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 undoing?
- /ʌnˈduːɪŋ/
Undoing 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-undoing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of undoing
- undoings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does undoing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of loosening or unfastening
- 2
Ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin.
In the end, his jealousy was his undoing.
- 3
Annulment; reversal
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of undo
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Undoing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that which defeats:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | perte |
| German | Verhängnis, Verderben, Ruin |
| Spanish | deshacimiento |
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 undoing come from?
From Middle English undoinge, undoynge, ondoynge; equivalent to undo + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).