diving
/ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
diving is spelled D-I-V-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, diving means “The action of the verb to dive in any sense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of diving is divings.
How many letters and syllables are in diving?
| Letters | 6: D-I-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 6,884th 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 diving?
Diving appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th 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 diving?
- /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/
Diving 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-diving.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of diving
- divings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does diving mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
- 2
The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically.
- 3
Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment.
- 4
The act of pretending to be tripped or brought to the ground by an opposition player in order to secure an undeserved penalty.
adjective
- 1
That or who dives or dive.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of dive
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Diving in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | plongeon , plongée sous-marine , plongeant, plongeur |
| Spanish | zambullida, zambullidura, zambullón, zambullimiento, zabullida, zabullidura |
| German | Tauchen , Wasserspringen |
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 diving come from?
By surface analysis, dive + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).