westing
noun, verb
westing is spelled W-E-S-T-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, westing means “A distance west of a datum line on a map or chart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of westing is westings.
How many letters and syllables are in westing?
| Letters | 7: W-E-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 173,967th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 westing?
Westing appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th 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).
What rhymes with westing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as westing.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stewing.
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 westing
- westings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does westing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A distance west of a datum line on a map or chart.
- 2
A distance travelled westward.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of west
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does westing come from?
From west + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).