searing
/ˈsɪəɹɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
searing is spelled S-E-A-R-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, searing means “very hot; blistering or boiling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in searing?
| Letters | 7: S-E-A-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,789th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 searing?
Searing appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th 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 searing?
- UK /ˈsɪəɹɪŋ/
Searing 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-searing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with searing?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as searing from its last stressed vowel (/ɪəɹɪŋ/, British pronunciation):
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 searing
- searings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does searing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
very hot; blistering or boiling
- 2
having a sensation of intense sudden heat
- 3
unbearably intense or emotionally powerful
- 4
damning; critical; scathing
noun
- 1
action of the verb to sear
- 2
cooking food quickly at high temperature
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of sear
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).