starving
/ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
starving is spelled S-T-A-R-V-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, starving means “starvation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of starving is starvings.
How many letters and syllables are in starving?
| Letters | 8: S-T-A-R-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 starving?
Starving appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th 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 starving?
- US /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/
- UK /ˈstɑːvɪŋ/
Starving 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-starving.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with starving?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as starving from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹvɪŋ/):
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 starving
- starvings plural
- more starving comparative
- most starving superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does starving mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
starvation
adjective
- 1
Extremely hungry
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of starve
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).