pushing
/ˈpʊʃɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
pushing is spelled P-U-S-H-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,364th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pushing means “That pushes forward; pressing, driving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pushing?
| Letters | 7: P-U-S-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 28 times per million words; the 3,364th 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 pushing?
Pushing appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,364th 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 pushing?
- /ˈpʊʃɪŋ/
Pushing 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-pushing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pushing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pushing.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gunship.
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 pushing
- more pushing comparative
- most pushing superlative
- pushings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pushing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
- 2
archaicAggressively assertive; pushy.
noun
- 1
The act by which something is pushed.
We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of push
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pushing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | empuje, empujo |
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.