# craving

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/ · frequency rank #13,694

## Definitions
1. A strong desire; yearning.

## Etymology
From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **crying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craving-vs-crying)
- **curving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craving-vs-curving)
- **creating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craving-vs-creating)
- **crawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craving-vs-crawling)
- **creaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craving-vs-creaking)
- **Craig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craig-vs-craving)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caring-vs-craving)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casing-vs-craving)
- **craven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craven-vs-craving)
- **caving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caving-vs-craving)
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chasing-vs-craving)
- **coating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-craving)
- **carving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carving-vs-craving)
- **ceasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceasing-vs-craving)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charing-vs-craving)
- **clawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clawing-vs-craving)
- **chafing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chafing-vs-craving)
- **cracking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cracking-vs-craving)
- **crashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crashing-vs-craving)
- **cramping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cramping-vs-craving)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccraving`, `craivng`, `cravign`, `cravingg`, `cravinng`, `cravnig`, `cravving`, `crraving`, `crvaing`, `rcaving`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/craving