seeming
/ˈsiːmɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
seeming is spelled S-E-E-M-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, seeming means “Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, and often opposed to, real or actual)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in seeming?
| Letters | 7: S-E-E-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 seeming?
Seeming appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 seeming?
- /ˈsiːmɪŋ/
Seeming 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)-Sapaa-seeming.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with seeming
Sounds like: seaming (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of seeming
- more seeming comparative
- most seeming superlative
- seemings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seeming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, and often opposed to, real or actual).
seeming friendship
noun
- 1
Outward appearance.
- 2
obsoleteApprehension; judgement.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of seem
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seeming in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense apparent:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | aparente |
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 seeming come from?
By surface analysis, seem + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).