waving
/ˈweɪvɪŋ/noun, verb
waving is spelled W-A-V-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, waving means “The motion of something that waves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of waving is wavings.
How many letters and syllables are in waving?
| Letters | 6: W-A-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th 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 waving?
Waving appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 waving?
- /ˈweɪvɪŋ/
Waving 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: En-us-waving.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of waving
- wavings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does waving mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The motion of something that waves.
- 2
Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of wave
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).