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witching

/ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/adjective, verb, noun

witching is spelled W-I-T-C-H-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, witching means “Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in witching?

Letters8: W-I-T-C-H-I-N-G
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th 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 witching?

Witching appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th 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 witching?

  • /ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/

Witching 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).

Forms of witching

  • more witching comparative
  • most witching superlative
  • witchings plural

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

What does witching mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.

  2. 2

    Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.

  3. 3

    archaicBewitching, enchanting.

verb

  1. 1

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

noun

  1. 1

    gerund of witch: an act of witchcraft. (a form of witch)

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

Where does witching come from?

From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.

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

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