wording
/ˈwɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ/noun, verb
wording is spelled W-O-R-D-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wording means “A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wording is wordings.
How many letters and syllables are in wording?
| Letters | 7: W-O-R-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th 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 wording?
Wording appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th 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 wording?
- UK /ˈwɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ/
Wording 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)-Vealhurl-wording.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wording
- wordings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wording mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of word
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wording in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense choice of words:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | formulation, choix de mots |
| German | Formulierung, Wortlaut, Wortwahl, Ausdrucksweise |
| Portuguese | fraseado |
| Spanish | redacción, formulación, términos |
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.