Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

praying

/pɹˈeɪɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables
pray-ing
IPA
/pɹˈeɪɪŋ/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of saying a prayer.

verb

present participle and gerund of pray

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

prayings (plural)

Phrases

praying mill praying wheel

Homonyms

preying

Rhymes With

saying playing paying non-paying staying laying weighing displaying spraying delaying surveying portraying

Questions

How do you pronounce praying?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹˈeɪɪŋ/.
What does praying mean?
An act of saying a prayer.

How to pronounce praying

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/pɹˈeɪɪŋ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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