souring
noun, verb
souring is spelled S-O-U-R-I-N-G: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, souring means “The process by which something is made, or becomes, sour; acidification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of souring is sourings.
How many letters and syllables are in souring?
| Letters | 7: S-O-U-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 78,613th 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 souring?
Souring appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th 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 souring?
Souring has 3 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 souring?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as souring.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rousing.
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 souring
- sourings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does souring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process by which something is made, or becomes, sour; acidification.
- 2
The process by which fabric is soured, washing out the lime by means of acid.
- 3
datedAny sour apple
- 4
datedVinegar.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of sour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Souring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process by which something is made or becomes sour:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Säuern, Aussäuern, Säuerung, Aussäuerung, Versäuerung, Ansäuerung |
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.