Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

staying

/ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English

Syllables: stay-ing
IPA: /ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stay

noun

A stay or visit.

Example Sentences

"The years that follow are chiefly noteworthy for his intercourse with four clever girl cousins called Southall, and sundry stayings at Moseley with a cheery, literary old grandmother[…]"
"But he found it strange to think […] of all these little things that cluster round the comings, and the stayings, and the goings, that he would know nothing of them, nothing of what they had been, as long as he lived, […]"

Inflected Forms

stayings (plural)

Phrases

staying power

Rhymes With

saying playing paying non-paying laying praying weighing displaying spraying delaying surveying portraying

Questions

How do you pronounce staying?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/.
What does staying mean?: present participle and gerund of stay

How to pronounce staying

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “staying”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “staying”.
Repeat and practice — Say “staying” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.