seedling
/ˈsiːdlɪŋ/noun
seedling is spelled S-E-E-D-L-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seedling means “A young plant grown from seed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seedling is seedlings.
How many letters and syllables are in seedling?
| Letters | 8: S-E-E-D-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is seedling?
Seedling appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th 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 seedling?
- /ˈsiːdlɪŋ/
Seedling 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)-Vealhurl-seedling.wav, En-us-seedling.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of seedling
- seedlings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seedling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A young plant grown from seed.
Near-synonyms: sprout, chit
- 2
one grown in a nursery for transplanting.
- 3
a tree smaller than a sapling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seedling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense young plant grown from seed:
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 seedling come from?
From seed + -ling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).