Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spotting

/spˈɑtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: spot-ting
IPA: /spˈɑtɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of spot

noun

A spotted pattern.

noun

The act of spotting or sighting something.

noun

Vaginal spotting, the discharge of blood from the vagina at a time outside of one's usual menses.

Example Sentences

"Symptoms consist of various foliage spottings and blotchings."
"Although the NVA went to great lengths to conceal the locations of their artillery, they had to expose them at the time of firing. Less reliable than visual spottings were electronic intercepts […]"
"Subchorionic bleeding […] can cause light to heavy spotting but doesn't always (sometimes it is only detected during a routine ultrasound)."

Inflected Forms

spottings (plural)

Derived Forms

antispotting birdspotting bugspotting cloudspotting microspotting pinspotting planespotting trainspotting trendspotting

Phrases

aircraft spotting bus spotting oil spotting spotting scope talent-spotting

Synonyms

detection catching espial spying staining maculation

Rhymes With

plotting rotting squatting trotting clotting yachting blotting dotting slotting botting allotting

Questions

How do you pronounce spotting?: The recorded pronunciation is /spˈɑtɪŋ/.
What does spotting mean?: present participle and gerund of spot

How to pronounce spotting

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