caving
/ˈkeɪvɪŋ/noun, verb
caving is spelled C-A-V-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, caving means “The recreational sport of exploring caves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caving is cavings.
How many letters and syllables are in caving?
| Letters | 6: C-A-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is caving?
Caving appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th 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 caving?
- /ˈkeɪvɪŋ/
Caving has 2 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-caving.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of caving
- cavings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caving mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The recreational sport of exploring caves.
- 2
An act of collapsing or caving in.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of cave
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).