weaving
/ˈwiːvɪŋ/noun, verb
weaving is spelled W-E-A-V-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, weaving means “The process of making woven material on a loom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of weaving is weavings.
How many letters and syllables are in weaving?
| Letters | 7: W-E-A-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th 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 weaving?
Weaving appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 weaving?
- /ˈwiːvɪŋ/
Weaving 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-weaving.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of weaving
- weavings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does weaving mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of making woven material on a loom.
- 2
A piece of such material.
- 3
An unsteady back and forth motion.
- 4
The uncontrolled crossing of multiple streams of traffic in the same general direction.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of weave
The motorcycle is weaving in and out of traffic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Weaving in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tissage |
| Portuguese | tecelagem |
| Spanish | tejido , tejimiento , zigzagueo, serpenteo, culebreo |
| German | Webstück |
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.