Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counterfeiting

/kˈaʊntɚfˌɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ter-feit-ing
IPA: /kˈaʊntɚfˌɪtɪŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of counterfeit

noun

The act of one who counterfeits.

Example Sentences

"Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […]"

Inflected Forms

counterfeitings (plural)

Derived Forms

anticounterfeiting counterfeitingly

Questions

How do you pronounce counterfeiting?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈaʊntɚfˌɪtɪŋ/.
What does counterfeiting mean?: present participle and gerund of counterfeit

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