raging
/ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
raging is spelled R-A-G-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, raging means “Volatile, very active or unpredictable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in raging?
| Letters | 6: R-A-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th 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 raging?
Raging appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th 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 raging?
- /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
Raging 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-raging.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of raging
- more raging comparative
- most raging superlative
- ragings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does raging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Volatile, very active or unpredictable.
A raging storm kept us indoors.
- 2
In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.
a raging father shouting at us
- 3
Extreme; intense.
raging success
noun
- 1
A display of rage.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of rage
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Raging in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense volatile, very unpredictable:
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.