witching

Other forms of witching

plural

witchings·

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 witching

What does witching mean?

witching means "the use or practice of witchcraft". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in witching?

witching has 2 syllables: wit-ching. The stress falls on "wit". In IPA it is /ˈwɪtʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for witching?

Close synonyms include charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, wizard. 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 witching a common word?

witching 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.