splattering

Other forms of splattering

plural

splatterings·

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 splattering

What does splattering mean?

splattering means "the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in splattering?

splattering has 3 syllables: splat-te-ring. The stress falls on "splat". In IPA it is /ˈsplætəˌɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for splattering?

Close synonyms include spatter, spattering, splatter, sputter, splutter. 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 splattering a common word?

splattering 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.

What rhymes with splattering?

3 words rhyme with splattering. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.