Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweeting

/swˈitɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: sweet-ing
IPA: /swˈitɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

noun

A darling; term of endearment.

Obsolete

verb

present participle and gerund of sweet

name

Example Sentences

"a childe will chose a sweeting, because it is presentlie faire and pleasant, and refuse a Runnet, because it is than grene, hard, and lowre[…]"
"Thy wit is a very Bitter-ſweeting, / It is a moſt ſharpe ſawce."
"Trip no further, pretty sweeting."

Etymology

From sweet + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sweet

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

sweetings (plural) Sweeden (alternative) Sweeten (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

souring

Rhymes With

meeting eating beating treating competing cheating heating completing repeating seating greeting defeating

Questions

How do you pronounce sweeting?: The recorded pronunciation is /swˈitɪŋ/.
What does sweeting mean?: A sweet apple.
Where does sweeting come from?: From sweet + -ing.

How to pronounce sweeting

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