Never ending or neverending?
never ending is an adjective meaning “Having no end or being endless”; neverending is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of never-ending”. never ending is written as two words and neverending as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between never ending and neverending?
| never ending | neverending | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective | adjective |
| Meaning | Having no end or being endless | Alternative form of never-ending |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 3 million words |
Sources: never ending and neverending in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of never ending and neverending
never ending
- 1
Having no end or being endless
- 2
Alternative form of never-ending
neverending
- 1
Alternative form of never-ending
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, never ending or neverending?
never ending is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; neverending about once in every 3 million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).