Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second guessing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables
sec-ond guess-ing
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of second guess

Questions

What does second guessing mean?
present participle and gerund of second guess

How to pronounce second guessing

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