fleming
/ˈflɛmɪŋ/verb
fleming is spelled F-L-E-M-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, fleming means “present participle and gerund of fleme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fleming?
| Letters | 7: F-L-E-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th 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 fleming?
Fleming appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 fleming?
- /ˈflɛmɪŋ/
Fleming 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Fleming.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does fleming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of fleme
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.
, Episode 12, The Cyclops --And our eyes are on Europe, says the citizen. We had our trade with Spain and the French and with the Flemings before those mongrels were pupped, Spanish ale in Galway, the winebark on the winedark waterway.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fleming in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense native or inhabitant of Flanders:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Flamand, Flamande |
| German | Flame, Flamin, Flämin |
| Portuguese | flamengo |
| Spanish | flamenco, flamenca |
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 fleming come from?
From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).