paving
/ˈpeɪvɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
paving is spelled P-A-V-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, paving means “The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of paving is pavings.
How many letters and syllables are in paving?
| Letters | 6: P-A-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th 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 paving?
Paving appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 paving?
- /ˈpeɪvɪŋ/
Paving 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-paving.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with paving?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as paving.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: vaping.
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 paving
- pavings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does paving mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk.
- 2
Interior pavement, as in a cathedral.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the material used for pavement, or to the surface itself.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of pave
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Paving in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense hard, durable surface on a street or sidewalk:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | calçamento |
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.