raring
adjective, verb
raring is spelled R-A-R-I-N-G: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, raring means “Eager” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in raring?
| Letters | 6: R-A-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,108th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is raring?
Raring appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th 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).
Forms of raring
- more raring comparative
- most raring superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does raring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Eager.
raring to go
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does raring come from?
From rare (verb), a variant of rear (“to raise, rouse”). More at rear.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).