Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deciphering

/dəsˈaɪfɚɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: de-ci-pher-ing
IPA: /dəsˈaɪfɚɪŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of decipher

noun

Example Sentences

"The only request I have to make with regard to such persons as desire to judge for themselves is, not to test the accuracy of my decipherings by the English translations."

Inflected Forms

decipherings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce deciphering?: The recorded pronunciation is /dəsˈaɪfɚɪŋ/.
What does deciphering mean?: present participle and gerund of decipher

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