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misconstruing

/mɪskənstɹˈuɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables
mis-con-stru-ing
IPA
/mɪskənstɹˈuɪŋ/
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of misconstrue

noun

An instance of something being misconstrued; a misconstrual.

Inflected Forms

misconstruings (plural)

Rhymes With

doing viewing pursuing reviewing brewing chewing suing screwing ewing renewing booing undoing

Questions

How do you pronounce misconstruing?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɪskənstɹˈuɪŋ/.
What does misconstruing mean?
present participle and gerund of misconstrue

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