saving
sa·ving/ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/noun, adjective, preposition, verb
saving is spelled S-A-V-I-N-G, 2 syllables: sa·ving. The wrong spelling people search most is saveing: about 50 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Saving is a noun meaning “A reduction in cost or expenditure”. The plural of saving is savings.
How many letters and syllables are in saving?
| Letters | 6: S-A-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sa·ving |
| In writing | 39 times per million words; the 2,523rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, saveing, about 50 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell saving?
Saving is spelled S-A-V-I-N-G. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is saving?
Saving appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd 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 saving?
- US /ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/
- Australia /ˈsæɪ.vɪŋ/
Saving has 2 syllables, split sa·ving in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-saving.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of saving
- savings plural
- more saving comparative
- most saving superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saving mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A reduction in cost or expenditure.
The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.
- 2
Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
I invested all my savings in gold.
- 3
The action of the verb to save.
- 4
obsoleteException; reservation.
saving and transitional provisions
adjective
- 1
That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
- 2
Preserving; rescuing.
- 3
Thrifty; frugal.
- 4
Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
a saving bargain
- 5
Making reservation or exception.
a saving clause
- 6
Relating to making a saving.
labour-saving
preposition
- 1
Synonym of save (“except for”)
- 2
Without disrespect to.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of save
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Saving in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | économie , épargne |
| Spanish | ahorro , ahorros, economías, burrucha, hucha , guardamiento |
| German | Ersparnisse |
| Portuguese | poupança, economias |
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 saving come from?
From save + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).