youngling
/ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/noun
youngling is spelled Y-O-U-N-G-L-I-N-G: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, youngling means “A young person, animal, or plant; chit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of youngling is younglings.
How many letters and syllables are in youngling?
| Letters | 9: Y-O-U-N-G-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is youngling?
Youngling appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 youngling?
- /ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-youngling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of youngling
- more youngling comparative
- most youngling superlative
- younglings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does youngling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A young person, animal, or plant; chit.
adjective
- 1
archaicYoung; youthful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does youngling come from?
From Middle English youngling, ȝongelyng, ȝungling, from Old English ġeongling (“a youth, youngling”), from Proto-West Germanic *jungiling, from Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling”). Doublet of Yngling. By surface analysis, young + -ling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).