clustering

Other forms of clustering

plural

clusterings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clustering

What does clustering mean?

clustering means "a grouping of a number of similar things".

How many syllables are in clustering?

clustering has 3 syllables: clus-te-ring. The stress falls on "clus". In IPA it is /ˈklʌstɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for clustering?

Close synonyms include bunch, clump, cluster. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clustering a common word?

clustering is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.