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recurrent

/ɹɪˈkɝənt/adjective

recurrent is spelled R-E-C-U-R-R-E-N-T: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, recurrent means “Recurring; happening time after time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in recurrent?

Letters9: R-E-C-U-R-R-E-N-T
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

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 recurrent?

Recurrent appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th 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 recurrent?

  • UK /ɹɪˈkʌɹənt/
  • US /ɹɪˈkɝənt/

Recurrent 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-recur.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-recurrent.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with recurrent?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as recurrent from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹənt/):

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).

What does recurrent mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Recurring; happening time after time.

    The patient complained of recurrent chest pain.

  2. 2

    Non-transient.

  3. 3

    Running back toward its origin.

    a recurrent nerve or artery

  4. 4

    Turned back toward the base.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Recurrent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpériodique, récurrent (recurring time after time)
Germanwiederholt, wiederkehrend (recurring time after time), rekurrent (math: non-transient)
Portugueserecorrente (recurring time after time)
Spanishrecurrente (recurring time after time)

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 recurrent come from?

From Latin recurrens, present participle of recurrere. Morphologically recur + -ent.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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