stemming
noun, verb
stemming is spelled S-T-E-M-M-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stemming means “Movement against a current, especially a tidal current” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stemming is stemmings.
How many letters and syllables are in stemming?
| Letters | 8: S-T-E-M-M-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th 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 stemming?
Stemming appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th 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 stemming?
Stemming 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).
Forms of stemming
- stemmings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stemming mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
- 2
A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
- 3
To include a term's inflections as part of a search engine's search.
- 4
The technique of bridging between two holds with hands and/or feet, applying forces to each in opposing directions in order to brace oneself in position.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of stem
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stemming in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense removing affixes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | racinisation |
| Portuguese | tronco |
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.