Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

betting

[ˈbɛɾɪŋ]

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: bet-ting
IPA: [ˈbɛɾɪŋ]

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing one who bets or gambles.

verb

present participle and gerund of bet

noun

The act of placing a bet.

Example Sentences

"If I were a betting man, I'd wager my next pay check he couldn't do that again."
"Once the field was prepared, and preliminaries of the game all settled, the bettings all made and goods all “staked,” night came on without the appearance of any players on the ground."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: [ˈbɛɾɪŋ]

Inflected Forms

bettings (plural)

Derived Forms

nonbetting telebetting

Phrases

betting parlor betting ring betting shop betting terminal sports betting spread betting what's the betting

Synonyms

dissipated card-playing sporting gambling

Homonyms

bedding (t-flapping)

Rhymes With

getting setting letting forgetting sweating upsetting netting vetting petting regretting wetting offsetting

Questions

How do you pronounce betting?: The recorded pronunciation is [ˈbɛɾɪŋ].
What does betting mean?: Describing one who bets or gambles.

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