wetting
/ˈwɛtɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
wetting is spelled W-E-T-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wetting means “The act of making something wet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wetting is wettings.
How many letters and syllables are in wetting?
| Letters | 7: W-E-T-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 wetting?
Wetting appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th 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 wetting?
- US /ˈwɛtɪŋ/
- US [ˈwɛɾɪŋ]
Wetting 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-wetting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wetting?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wetting from its last stressed vowel (/ɛtɪŋ/):
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 wetting
- wettings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wetting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of making something wet.
- 2
The act of accidental urination on or in something.
- 3
USslangAn act of murdering or seriously injuring someone.
adjective
- 1
That makes (something) wet.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of wet
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wetting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of making something wet:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | molhada |
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.