upbringing
/ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ/noun
upbringing is spelled U-P-B-R-I-N-G-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, upbringing means “The traits acquired during one's childhood training” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of upbringing is upbringings.
How many letters and syllables are in upbringing?
| Letters | 10: U-P-B-R-I-N-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th 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 upbringing?
Upbringing appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th 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 upbringing?
- /ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ/
Upbringing 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)-Wodencafe-upbringing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of upbringing
- upbringings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does upbringing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The traits acquired during one's childhood training
- 2
The raising or training of a child.
Through her upbringing, Mildred's father had carefully programmed her to expect very little from life.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Upbringing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 upbringing come from?
From Middle English upbringinge, equivalent to upbring + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).