occurrence

Other forms of occurrence

plural

occurrences·

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 occurrence

What does occurrence mean?

occurrence means "an event that happens". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in occurrence?

occurrence has 3 syllables: oc-cur-rence. The stress falls on "cur". In IPA it is /əˈkɝəns/.

What is another word for occurrence?

Close synonyms include happening, occurrent, natural event. 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 occurrence a common word?

occurrence is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with occurrence?

2 words rhyme with occurrence. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.