Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back-forming

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables
back---form-ing
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of back-form

Questions

What does back-forming mean?
present participle and gerund of back-form

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