waking
/ˈweɪkɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
waking is spelled W-A-K-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, waking means “Occurring during wakefulness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in waking?
| Letters | 6: W-A-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.9 times per million words; the 7,672nd 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 waking?
Waking appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd 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 waking?
- /ˈweɪkɪŋ/
Waking has 2 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)-Persent101-waking.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of waking
- more waking comparative
- most waking superlative
- wakings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does waking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Occurring during wakefulness.
A waking nightmare
noun
- 1
The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of wake
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).