# starving

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,824

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of starve

## Easily confused with
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-string)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-stating)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-storing)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-sterling)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-stirring)
- **striving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-striving)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-stirling)
- **storming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-storming)
- **swerving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starving-vs-swerving)
- **saving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saving-vs-starving)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-starving)
- **serving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serving-vs-starving)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-starving)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-starving)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-starving)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaring-vs-starving)
- **scaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-starving)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-starving)
- **searing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-starving)

## Common misspellings (13)
`satrving`, `sstarving`, `starivng`, `starrving`, `starvign`, `starvingg`, `starvinng`, `starvnig`, `starvving`, `stavring`, `straving`, `sttarving`, `tsarving`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/starving