urging
/ˈɝd͡ʒɪŋ/adjective, verb
urging is spelled U-R-G-I-N-G: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, urging means “urgent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in urging?
| Letters | 6: U-R-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 urging?
Urging appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st 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 urging?
- US /ˈɝd͡ʒɪŋ/
- UK /ˈɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/
Urging has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-urging.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with urging?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as urging from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹdʒɪŋ/):
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 urging
- more urging comparative
- most urging superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does urging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
urgent
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of urge
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).