witnessing
noun, verb
witnessing is spelled W-I-T-N-E-S-S-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, witnessing means “The act of bearing witness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of witnessing is witnessings.
How many letters and syllables are in witnessing?
| Letters | 10: W-I-T-N-E-S-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,731st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 witnessing?
Witnessing appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st 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 witnessing?
Witnessing 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 witnessing
- witnessings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does witnessing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of bearing witness.
false witnessings
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of witness
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Witnessing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bearing witness:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | témoignage |
| German | Zeugnis |
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.