Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penciling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
pen-cil-ing
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pencil

American usage

Usage

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What does penciling mean?
present participle and gerund of pencil

How to pronounce penciling

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