whopping
whop·ping/ˈ(h)wɑpɪŋ/adjective, adverb, noun, verb
whopping is spelled W-H-O-P-P-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables (whop·ping). It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, whopping means “Exceptionally great or large” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in whopping?
| Letters | 8: W-H-O-P-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: whop·ping |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th 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; 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 whopping?
Whopping appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 whopping?
- UK /ˈ(h)wɒpɪŋ/
- US /ˈ(h)wɑpɪŋ/
Whopping has 2 syllables, split whop·ping in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-whopping.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with whopping?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as whopping from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpɪŋ/):
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 whopping
- whoppings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does whopping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
colloquialExceptionally great or large.
It weighed a whopping 700 pounds when it was full.
adverb
- 1
colloquialExceedingly, extremely, very.
noun
- 1
A beating.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of whop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Whopping in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense exceptionally great or large:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | immense, énorme, gigantesque, considérable, incommensurable |
| German | riesig, enorm |
| Spanish | enorme, gigante, descomunal, morrocotudo, (por la) friolera de |
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 whopping come from?
whop (verb) + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).