shaving
/ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/noun, verb
shaving is spelled S-H-A-V-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shaving means “A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shaving is shavings.
How many letters and syllables are in shaving?
| Letters | 7: S-H-A-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th 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 shaving?
Shaving appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 shaving?
- /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/
Shaving 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)-Persent101-shaving.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shaving
- shavings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shaving mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
- 2
The action of having a shave.
- 3
slangA stabbing.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of shave
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shaving in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | copeau |
| German | Span |
| Portuguese | apara, raspa |
| Spanish | viruta, fruslero, limadura, raedura, ralladura |
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.