shivering
/ˈʃɪvəɹɪŋ/noun, verb
shivering is spelled S-H-I-V-E-R-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shivering means “The action of a person or thing that shivers; a trembling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shivering is shiverings.
How many letters and syllables are in shivering?
| Letters | 9: S-H-I-V-E-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th 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 shivering?
Shivering appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 shivering?
- /ˈʃɪvəɹɪŋ/
Shivering has 3 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)-Vealhurl-shivering.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shivering
- shiverings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shivering mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of a person or thing that shivers; a trembling.
He was shivering due to the cold temperature in the room.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of shiver
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shivering in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act of trembling with cold or fear:
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.