aspiring
adjective, verb
aspiring is spelled A-S-P-I-R-I-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, aspiring means “Hoping to become” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in aspiring?
| Letters | 8: A-S-P-I-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 aspiring?
Aspiring appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 aspiring?
Aspiring has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with aspiring?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as aspiring.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: praising.
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).
What does aspiring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Hoping to become.
Aspiring pop stars lined up for hours just to audition.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of aspire
noun
- 1
archaicAspiration.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).