resembling
re·sem·bling/ɹɪˈzɛmblɪŋ/noun, verb
resembling is spelled R-E-S-E-M-B-L-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables (re·sem·bling). It appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, resembling means “The action of the verb to resemble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in resembling?
| Letters | 10: R-E-S-E-M-B-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: re·sem·bling |
| In writing | 3.3 times per million words; the 14,509th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is resembling?
Resembling appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th 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 resembling?
- /ɹɪˈzɛmblɪŋ/
Resembling has 3 syllables, split re·sem·bling in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-resembling.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does resembling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of the verb to resemble.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of resemble
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).