bulging
/ˈbʌldʒɪŋ/noun, verb
bulging is spelled B-U-L-G-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bulging means “The shape or motion of something that bulges” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bulging is bulgings.
How many letters and syllables are in bulging?
| Letters | 7: B-U-L-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bulging?
Bulging appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bulging?
- /ˈbʌldʒɪŋ/
Bulging has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bulging.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bulging
- bulgings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bulging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The shape or motion of something that bulges.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of bulge
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).