warming
warm·ing/ˈwoɹmɪŋ/noun, verb
warming is spelled W-A-R-M-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (warm·ing). It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, warming means “A small rise in temperature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of warming is warmings.
How many letters and syllables are in warming?
| Letters | 7: W-A-R-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: warm·ing |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,565th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is warming?
Warming appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th 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 warming?
- UK /ˈwɔːmɪŋ/
- US /ˈwoɹmɪŋ/
Warming has 2 syllables, split warm·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-warming.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of warming
- warmings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does warming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small rise in temperature.
- 2
slangA beating; a thrashing.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of warm
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Warming in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small rise in temperature:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Erwärmung |
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 warming come from?
From Middle English warmyng, warmynge, from Old English wærming, wirming, equivalent to warm + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).