How Do You Spell STEMMING?

Pronunciation: [stˈɛmɪŋ] (IPA)

The word "stemming" is pronounced /ˈstɛmɪŋ/ (STEM-ing) and refers to the process of reducing a word to its base or root form. The spelling of the word can be broken down phonetically as follows: the first syllable is pronounced like "stehm," with a short "e" sound and a stressed emphasis. The second syllable is "ihng," with a soft "i" sound and an "ng" blend at the end. Understanding the IPA phonetic transcription can help with proper pronunciation and spelling of words like "stemming."

STEMMING Meaning and Definition

1. Stemming is a linguistic process used in natural language processing and information retrieval to reduce a word to its base or root form, known as a stem. It involves removing affixes (prefixes, suffixes, and infixes) from a word to derive its stem. The purpose of stemming is to simplify words to their basic form, so that different variations of the same word can be grouped together and analyzed as a single entity.

   The stemming algorithm employs a set of predefined rules and patterns to identify and remove affixes from words. For example, the word "running" can be stemmed to its base form "run" by removing the suffix "-ning". Similarly, the word "happily" can be stemmed to "happy" by removing the suffix "-ly".

   Stemming is primarily used in fields such as search engines, text mining, and document clustering, where the goal is to improve information retrieval by linking similar words to a common stem. By doing so, stemming helps in reducing redundancy and increasing the recall and precision of search results.

   However, it is important to note that stemming algorithms may not always produce correct stems, as they can sometimes result in overstemming (removing too many affixes) or understemming (not removing enough affixes). Consequently, the accuracy of the stemming process depends on the language and context in which it is applied.

Top Common Misspellings for STEMMING *

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* The statistics data for these misspellings percentages are collected from over 15,411,110 spell check sessions on www.spellchecker.net from Jan 2010 - Jun 2012.

Other Common Misspellings for STEMMING

• sqerming
• steping
• timming
• stearming
• seming
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• stoming
• somming
• stymying
• stammina
• skeeming
• simming
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• sceaming
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• stemina
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• soemting
• siwmming
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• struming
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• scimming
• teamming
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• itemning
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• Stamming
• stammin
• steveing
• Stedmin
• reemming
• ostedning
• stemings
• steemings
• Iteamming
• streemming
• Stemmings
• Steemmings
• Stemig
• Stremling

Etymology of STEMMING

The word "stemming" originated from the Middle English verb "stemen" or "stemmen", which means "to make firm or stop", ultimately deriving from the Old Norse "stemma" meaning "to hinder" or "to dam up". The term gradually developed various related meanings over time, including "to stop the flow of blood", "to restrain", "to block", and "to hinder". In linguistics, stemming refers to the process of reducing a word to its root form or base form.

Conjugate verb Stemming

CONDITIONAL

I would stemming

you would stemming

he/she/it would stemming

we would stemming

they would stemming

I would stem

we would stem

you would stem

he/she/it would stem

they would stem

CONDITIONAL CONTINUOUS

I would be stemming

you would be stemming

he/she/it would be stemming

we would be stemming

they would be stemming

CONDITIONAL PERFECT

I would have stemming

you would have stemming

he/she/it would have stemming

we would have stemming

they would have stemming

CONDITIONAL PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I would have been stemming

you would have been stemming

he/she/it would have been stemming

we would have been stemming

they would have been stemming

FUTURE

I will stem

you will stem

he/she/it will stem

we will stem

they will stem

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

I will be stemming

you will be stemming

he/she/it will be stemming

we will be stemming

they will be stemming

FUTURE PERFECT

I will have stemmed

you will have stemmed

he/she/it will have stemmed

we will have stemmed

they will have stemmed

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I will have been stemming

you will have been stemming

he/she/it will have been stemming

we will have been stemming

they will have been stemming

IMPERATIVE

you stem

we let´s stem

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

to stem

PAST

I stemmed

you stemmed

he/she/it stemmed

we stemmed

they stemmed

PAST CONTINUOUS

I was stemming

you were stemming

he/she/it was stemming

we were stemming

they were stemming

PAST PARTICIPLE

stemmed

PAST PERFECT

I had stemmed

you had stemmed

he/she/it had stemmed

we had stemmed

they had stemmed

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I had been stemming

you had been stemming

he/she/it had been stemming

we had been stemming

they had been stemming

PRESENT

I stem

you stem

he/she/it stems

we stem

they stem

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I am stemming

you are stemming

he/she/it is stemming

we are stemming

they are stemming

PRESENT PARTICIPLE

stemming

PRESENT PERFECT

I have stemmed

you have stemmed

he/she/it has stemmed

we have stemmed

they have stemmed

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I have been stemming

you have been stemming

he/she/it has been stemming

we have been stemming

they have been stemming

I would have stemmed

we would have stemmed

you would have stemmed

he/she/it would have stemmed

they would have stemmed