corresponding
cor·res·pond·ing/ˌkɔɹəˈspɑndɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
corresponding is spelled C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D-I-N-G, 4 syllables: cor·res·pond·ing. The wrong spelling people search most is corrisponding: about 50 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Corresponding is a noun meaning “A correspondence; the situation where things correspond or match”. The plural of corresponding is correspondings.
How many letters and syllables are in corresponding?
| Letters | 13: C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: cor·res·pond·ing |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,778th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, corrisponding, about 50 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell corresponding?
Corresponding is spelled C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D-I-N-G. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is corresponding?
Corresponding appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,778th 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 corresponding?
- US /ˌkɔɹəˈspɑndɪŋ/
- UK /ˌkɒɹəˈspɒndɪŋ/
- /ˌkɑɹəˈspɑndɪŋ/
Corresponding has 4 syllables, split cor·res·pond·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-corresponding.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of corresponding
- correspondings plural
- more corresponding comparative
- most corresponding superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does corresponding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A correspondence; the situation where things correspond or match.
adjective
- 1
that have a similar relationship
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of correspond
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Corresponding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that have a similar relationship:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | correspondant |
| German | korrespondierend |
| Portuguese | correspondente |
| Spanish | correspondiente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does corresponding come from?
By surface analysis, correspond + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).