Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regretting

/ɹɪɡɹˈɛtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables
re-gret-ting
IPA
/ɹɪɡɹˈɛtɪŋ/
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of regret

noun

The act by which something is regretted.

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How do you pronounce regretting?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪɡɹˈɛtɪŋ/.
What does regretting mean?
present participle and gerund of regret

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