vacuuming
noun, verb
vacuuming is spelled V-A-C-U-U-M-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, vacuuming means “An instance of vacuuming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vacuuming is vacuumings.
How many letters and syllables are in vacuuming?
| Letters | 9: V-A-C-U-U-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th 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 vacuuming?
Vacuuming appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 vacuuming?
- US
Vacuuming 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: En-us-vacuuming.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vacuuming
- vacuumings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vacuuming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instance of vacuuming.
- 2
Material sucked up by a vacuum cleaner.
Put the vacuumings in the bin.
- 3
Synonym of vacuum exercise.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of vacuum
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).