Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faking

/ˈfeɪkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: fak-ing
IPA: /ˈfeɪkɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of something being faked.

verb

present participle and gerund of fake

Inflected Forms

fakings (plural)

Derived Forms

clyfaking peacefaking

Phrases

future faking

Rhymes With

making taking breaking shaking waking baking braking aching mistaking raking staking remaking

Questions

How do you pronounce faking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfeɪkɪŋ/.
What does faking mean?: The act of something being faked.

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