Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discovering

/dɪsˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
dis-cov-er-ing
IPA
/dɪsˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of discover

noun

A discovery.

Countable; Uncountable

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How do you pronounce discovering?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/.
What does discovering mean?
present participle and gerund of discover

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