wedding
wed·ding/ˈwɛdɪŋ/noun, verb
wedding is spelled W-E-D-D-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (wed·ding). It appears 68 times per million words in written English, the 1,562nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wedding means “A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wedding is weddings.
How many letters and syllables are in wedding?
| Letters | 7: W-E-D-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: wed·ding |
| In writing | 68 times per million words; the 1,562nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is wedding?
Wedding appears 68 times per million words in written English, the 1,562nd 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 wedding?
- US /ˈwɛdɪŋ/
- Australia /ˈwedɪŋ/
- /ˈwɛdɪŋɡ/
Wedding has 2 syllables, split wed·ding in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-wedding.ogg, En-uk-wedding.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wedding?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wedding from its last stressed vowel (/ɛdɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of wedding
- weddings plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- weddinging participle, present
- weddinged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wedding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally."
- 2
The joining of two or more parts.
The wedding of our three companies took place last week.
verb
- 1
To participate in a wedding.
- 2
present participle and gerund of wed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wedding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense marriage ceremony:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mariage, noces |
| German | Hochzeit, Trauung |
| Portuguese | casamento, boda, casório |
| Spanish | boda, nupcias, casamiento, casorio |
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 wedding come from?
From Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), equivalent to wed + -ing. Cognate with Middle Dutch weddinghe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).