wainscotting
/ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/noun, verb
wainscotting is spelled W-A-I-N-S-C-O-T-T-I-N-G: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wainscotting means “Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wainscotting is wainscottings.
How many letters and syllables are in wainscotting?
| Letters | 12: W-A-I-N-S-C-O-T-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is wainscotting?
Wainscotting appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th 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 wainscotting?
- UK /ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/
Wainscotting 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-wainscotting.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wainscotting?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wainscotting from its last stressed vowel (/eɪnskɒtɪŋ/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of wainscotting
- wainscottings plural
- wainscoting
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wainscotting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of wainscot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wainscotting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lambris |
| German | Lambris |
| Spanish | revestimiento |
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 wainscotting come from?
From wainscot + -ing. Attested since at least the 17th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).