spiraling

What does spiraling mean?

spiraling means "in the shape of a coil".

How many syllables are in spiraling?

spiraling has 3 syllables: spi-ra-ling. The stress falls on "spi". In IPA it is /ˈspaɪɹəlɪŋ/.

What is another word for spiraling?

Close synonyms include coiling, helical, spiral, volute, voluted. 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 spiraling a common word?

spiraling 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for spiraling come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.