Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distracting

/dɪstɹˈæktɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tract-ing
IPA: /dɪstɹˈæktɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus.

adj

verb

present participle and gerund of distract

Example Sentences

"Sending a text message was considered to be the most distracting activity to perform while driving. From the list, the least distracting activity was having a conversation with a passenger."
"Whenever you make one aspect of a behavior more difficult (a more distracting environment), you want to make other aspects easier (walking beside the dog rather than twenty feet away)."
"Please don't make a lot of loud, unnecessary noises—slamming the desk or copy machine drawer closed, etc. This is very distracting and rude."

Inflected Forms

more distracting (comparative) most distracting (superlative)

Derived Forms

distractingly nondistracting undistracting

Rhymes With

acting attracting interacting reacting extracting impacting enacting exacting subtracting retracting counteracting detracting

Questions

How do you pronounce distracting?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪstɹˈæktɪŋ/.
What does distracting mean?: Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus.

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