craving
/ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/noun, verb
craving is spelled C-R-A-V-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, craving means “A strong desire; yearning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of craving is cravings.
How many letters and syllables are in craving?
| Letters | 7: C-R-A-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (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 craving?
Craving 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 craving?
- /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/
Craving 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: En-us-craving.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with craving?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as craving.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: carving.
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).
Forms of craving
- cravings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does craving mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A strong desire; yearning.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of crave
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Craving in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense strong desire; yearning:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | désir ardent |
| German | Gelüst, Begierde, Sehnsucht, Heißhunger |
| Portuguese | ânsia, anelo, sofreguidão |
| Spanish | ansia, anhelo, prurito, angurria, gana, ganas |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does craving come from?
From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).