striving
/ˈstɹaɪvɪŋ/noun, verb
striving is spelled S-T-R-I-V-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, striving means “Effort; the act of one who strives” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of striving is strivings.
How many letters and syllables are in striving?
| Letters | 8: S-T-R-I-V-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th 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 striving?
Striving appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th 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 striving?
- /ˈstɹaɪvɪŋ/
Striving 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-striving.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of striving
- strivings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does striving mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Effort; the act of one who strives.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of strive
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).