coarsening
noun, verb
coarsening is spelled C-O-A-R-S-E-N-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coarsening means “The process or the result of becoming coarse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coarsening is coarsenings.
How many letters and syllables are in coarsening?
| Letters | 10: C-O-A-R-S-E-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th 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 coarsening?
Coarsening appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 coarsening?
Coarsening has 3 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).
Forms of coarsening
- coarsenings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coarsening mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process or the result of becoming coarse
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of coarsen
Because the wool is poor quality it is coarsening the fabric.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).