coursing
noun, verb
coursing is spelled C-O-U-R-S-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coursing means “The sport of chasing wild animals, especially hares, with dogs by sight rather than by scent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coursing is coursings.
How many letters and syllables are in coursing?
| Letters | 8: C-O-U-R-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is coursing?
Coursing appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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 coursing?
Coursing 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).
What rhymes with coursing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as coursing.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sourcing, scouring.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of coursing
- coursings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coursing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The sport of chasing wild animals, especially hares, with dogs by sight rather than by scent.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of course
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coursing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sport:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Hetzjagd |
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.