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welcoming

adjective, noun, verb

welcoming is spelled W-E-L-C-O-M-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, welcoming means “hospitable, accessible and cordial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in welcoming?

Letters9: W-E-L-C-O-M-I-N-G
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing5.9 times per million words; the 10,028th 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 welcoming?

Welcoming appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th 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 welcoming?

    Welcoming has 3 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 welcoming

    • more welcoming comparative
    • most welcoming superlative
    • welcomings plural

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

    What does welcoming mean?

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

    adjective

    1. 1

      hospitable, accessible and cordial.

    noun

    1. 1

      An act of giving welcome.

    verb

    1. 1

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

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

    Welcoming in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    LanguageWords
    Frenchaccueillant (hospitable)
    Portugueseacolhedor (hospitable)
    Spanishacogedor (hospitable), bienvenida, bienvenido (Translations)

    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 welcoming come from?

    From welcome + -ing.

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

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