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waterproofing

noun, verb

waterproofing is spelled W-A-T-E-R-P-R-O-O-F-I-N-G: 13 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, waterproofing means “The treatment of something to make it waterproof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of waterproofing is waterproofings.

How many letters and syllables are in waterproofing?

Letters13: W-A-T-E-R-P-R-O-O-F-I-N-G
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 waterproofing?

Waterproofing appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 waterproofing?

    Waterproofing has 4 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).

    Forms of waterproofing

    • waterproofings plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does waterproofing mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      The treatment of something to make it waterproof.

    2. 2

      A waterproof material.

    verb

    1. 1

      present participle and gerund of waterproof (a form of waterproof)

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Waterproofing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    LanguageWords
    Frenchimperméabilisation (treatment to make waterproof)
    GermanImprägnieren, Abdichten (treatment to make waterproof), Abdichtung, Imprägnierung (A waterproof material)
    Portugueseimpermeabilização (treatment to make waterproof)

    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.

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