parsing
/ˈpɑɹ.sɪŋ/noun, verb
parsing is spelled P-A-R-S-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, parsing means “The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of parsing is parsings.
How many letters and syllables are in parsing?
| Letters | 7: P-A-R-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th 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 parsing?
Parsing appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th 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 parsing?
- UK /ˈpɑː.zɪŋ/
- US /ˈpɑɹ.sɪŋ/
Parsing 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-parsing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with parsing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as parsing (/ɑɹsɪŋ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sparing, rasping.
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 parsing
- parsings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parsing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program).
Parsing an Old English text can be difficult.
- 2
An instance of that act or process; a parse.
A parsing of a sentence about a horse can yield several possible results.
- 3
Any result of such an instance; a parse; an acceptation.
Upon review, for the word horse, the parsing "animal" was rejected in favor of the parsing "piece of gymnastic equipment".
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of parse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Parsing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | analyse syntaxique |
| German | Syntaxanalyse, Parsen, Parsing |
| Portuguese | análise sintática |
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.