soaring
noun, adjective, verb
soaring is spelled S-O-A-R-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, soaring means “The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of soaring is soarings.
How many letters and syllables are in soaring?
| Letters | 7: S-O-A-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,228th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 soaring?
Soaring appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th 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 soaring?
Soaring 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).
What rhymes with soaring?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as soaring.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: signora.
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 soaring
- soarings plural
- more soaring comparative
- most soaring superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does soaring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.
adjective
- 1
assurgent, ascending
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verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of soar
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Soaring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense assurgent, ascending:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | ascendente |
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.