Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

background-checking

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
back-ground-check-ing
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of background-check

Questions

What does background-checking mean?
present participle and gerund of background-check

How to pronounce background-checking

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