Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mistaking

/mɪstˈeɪkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: mis-tak-ing
IPA: /mɪstˈeɪkɪŋ/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of mistake.

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"I prithee, Remember, I have done thee worthy service; Told thee no lies, made thee no mistakings, served Without grudge or grumblings: […]"
"Now, that you may escape general mistaking in the election of your Bow, I will giue you some Rules and Notions, which if you forget not, shall preuent many mistakings."
"The way to find out the Truth is by others mistakings: For if I was to go to such a place, and one had gone before me on the Right-hand, and he was out; another had gone on the Left-hand, and he was out; this would direct me to keep the middle way, that peradventure would bring me to the place I desir’d to go."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

mistakings (plural)

Derived Forms

mistakingly

Synonyms

misinterpretation misunderstanding

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce mistaking?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪstˈeɪkɪŋ/.
What does mistaking mean?: present participle and gerund of mistake.

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