emerging
/ɪˈmɝd͡ʒɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
emerging is spelled E-M-E-R-G-I-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, emerging means “Becoming prominent; emergent; rising” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in emerging?
| Letters | 8: E-M-E-R-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,206th 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 emerging?
Emerging appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th 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 emerging?
- UK /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/
- US /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒɪŋ/
Emerging 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-emerging.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with emerging?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as emerging from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹdʒɪŋ/):
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 emerging
- more emerging comparative
- most emerging superlative
- emergings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emerging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
noun
- 1
Emergence.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of emerge
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Emerging in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense becoming prominent; newly formed; emergent; rising:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | émergent |
| German | entstehend |
| Spanish | emergente |
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 emerging come from?
By surface analysis, emerge + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).