Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

confessing

/kənˈfɛsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
con-fess-ing
IPA
/kənˈfɛsɪŋ/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of confess

noun

The act of making a confession.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

confessings (plural)

Rhymes With

dressing pressing blessing addressing expressing guessing depressing messing assessing possessing progressing stressing

Questions

How do you pronounce confessing?
The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈfɛsɪŋ/.
What does confessing mean?
present participle and gerund of confess

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