ravening
/ˈɹævənɪŋ/
"ravening" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ravening” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voracious and greedy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ravening · ravening · English
ravening · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ravening |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɹævənɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ravening” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ravening is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɹævənɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ravening, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Present participle of the obsolete verb raven (“to prey”). The correct English form is ravening, spelled R-A-V-E-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Voracious and greedy.
- 2Subject to the voracity of a predator.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ravening appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is no shortage of ravening friends and relatives on the day one hits the lottery.
1555, Richard Eden (translator), The Decades of the Newe Worlde or West India by Pietro Martire d’Anghiera, London: Edward Sutton, Decade 3, Book 5, p. 116, They eate mans fleshe but seldome, bycause they meete not oftentymes with strangiers, except they goo foorth of theyr owne dominions with a mayne army of purpose to hunt for men, when theyr rauenynge…
Etymology
Present participle of the obsolete verb raven (“to prey”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.