staring
/ˈstɛɹɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
staring is spelled S-T-A-R-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, staring means “The act of one who stares” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of staring is starings.
How many letters and syllables are in staring?
| Letters | 7: S-T-A-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,679th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is staring?
Staring appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th 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 staring?
- UK /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/
- US /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/
Staring 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: En-us-staring.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with staring?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as staring from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gastrin.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of staring
- starings plural
- more staring comparative
- most staring superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does staring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of one who stares.
Near-synonym: gazing
adjective
- 1
Shining; vivid, garish.
- 2
Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes.
- 3
obsoleteSensational, lurid.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of stare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).