cursing
/ˈkɝsɪŋ/noun, verb
cursing is spelled C-U-R-S-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cursing means “The act of one who curses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cursing is cursings.
How many letters and syllables are in cursing?
| Letters | 7: C-U-R-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 cursing?
Cursing appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 cursing?
- US /ˈkɝsɪŋ/
- UK /ˈkɜːsɪŋ/
Cursing 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: En-us-cursing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cursing?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cursing from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹsɪŋ/):
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 cursing
- cursings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cursing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of one who curses.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of curse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cursing come from?
From Middle English cursing, cursyng, cursunge, from Old English cursung (“cursing”), equivalent to curse + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).