Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ricing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: ric-ing
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rice

noun

(Development of) undesirable, hard white granules in soap.

Uncountable

noun

The act of harvesting wild rice.

Uncountable

noun

The act of customizing the user interface of a computer system.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Fragrances can mutate; seizure and ricing are more common; and the soap batter traces rapidly."
"Sometimes accompanied by acceleration, ricing is different in that it creates small individual clumps of soap that look like rice granules."
"[…] harvest wild rice with their families in other areas of the Great Lakes region. In 1939, the year Minnesota harvesters were required to purchase ricing licenses, a number of women harvested rice at Portage Lake and Perch Lake in central[…]"

Usage

Synonyms

figging

Questions

What does ricing mean?: present participle and gerund of rice

How to pronounce ricing

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “ricing”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “ricing”.
Repeat and practice — Say “ricing” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.