Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forsaking

/fɔɹsˈeɪkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: for-sak-ing
IPA: /fɔɹsˈeɪkɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of forsake

noun

The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.

Inflected Forms

forsakings (plural)

Synonyms

abandonment desertion giving up

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce forsaking?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɔɹsˈeɪkɪŋ/.
What does forsaking mean?: present participle and gerund of forsake

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