nonrecurring
adjective
nonrecurring is spelled N-O-N-R-E-C-U-R-R-I-N-G: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, nonrecurring means “Not recurring; occurring only once” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nonrecurring?
| Letters | 12: N-O-N-R-E-C-U-R-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th 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 nonrecurring?
Nonrecurring appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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 nonrecurring?
Nonrecurring has 4 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).
Forms of nonrecurring
- non-recurring
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nonrecurring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not recurring; occurring only once.
In accounting, nonrecurring items are exceptional transactions that are not related to normal business operations. The most common nonrecurring items are capital gains, additional write-downs or reversals of write-downs, and provisions for
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nonrecurring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense occurring only once:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | einmalig |
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 nonrecurring come from?
From non- + recurring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).