Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overlooking

/ˈoʊvɚlˌʊkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
over-look-ing
IPA
/ˈoʊvɚlˌʊkɪŋ/
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of overlook

Synonyms

Questions

How do you pronounce overlooking?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊvɚlˌʊkɪŋ/.
What does overlooking mean?
present participle and gerund of overlook

How to pronounce overlooking

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