Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dearing

/dˈɪɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: dear-ing
IPA: /dˈɪɹɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

verb

present participle and gerund of dear

Inflected Forms

Dearings (plural)

Homonyms

deering dering

Rhymes With

engineering appearing clearing steering cheering disappearing fearing pioneering interfering volunteering nearing gearing

Questions

How do you pronounce dearing?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɪɹɪŋ/.
What does dearing mean?: A surname.

How to pronounce dearing

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