pouring
/ˈpɔːɹɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
pouring is spelled P-O-U-R-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pouring means “The act by which something is poured” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pouring is pourings.
How many letters and syllables are in pouring?
| Letters | 7: P-O-U-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 pouring?
Pouring appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th 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 pouring?
- US /ˈpɔːɹɪŋ/
- /ˈpo(ə)ɹɪŋ/
Pouring 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-pouring.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pouring?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pouring from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ingroup.
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 pouring
- pourings plural
- more pouring comparative
- most pouring superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pouring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something is poured.
adjective
- 1
Flowing or falling intensely.
pouring rain
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of pour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).