rasping

Other forms of rasping

plural

raspings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rasping

What does rasping mean?

rasping means "uttering in an irritated tone". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rasping?

rasping has 2 syllables: ra-sping. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for rasping?

Close synonyms include rasp, grating, gravelly, raspy, rough. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rasping a common word?

rasping is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.