pursuing
/pɚˈsu.ɪŋ/noun, verb
pursuing is spelled P-U-R-S-U-I-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pursuing means “pursuit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pursuing is pursuings.
How many letters and syllables are in pursuing?
| Letters | 8: P-U-R-S-U-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.1 times per million words; the 7,553rd 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 pursuing?
Pursuing appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd 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 pursuing?
- UK /pəˈsjuː.ɪŋ/
- US /pɚˈsu.ɪŋ/
- Australia /pəˈʃu.ɪŋ/
Pursuing 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: En-us-pursuing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pursuing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pursuing (/uɪŋ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: usurping.
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 pursuing
- pursuings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pursuing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
pursuit
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of pursue
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).