English pronunciation · Words Starting with I
Identifying Pronunciation
Identifying is pronounced eye-DEN-tuh-fy-ing, IPA /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ/.
eye-DEN-tuh-fy-ing
US /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ/ · UK /aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪɪŋ/
Syllables: eye · DEN · tuh · fy · ing (5 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
verb (present participle of identify); also adjective: Working out what or who something is, or serving to single it out.
Audio for the American and British pronunciations plays on this page with JavaScript enabled.
Identifying in a Sentence
- Identifying the fault took longer than fixing it.
- The form asks for an identifying mark.
- She is good at identifying birds by their calls.
Common Mispronunciations of Identifying
Not i-den-tuh-FY-ing
The beat stays on DEN, where identity has it, and the fy later in the word is unstressed.
Not eye-DEN-ti-fee-ing
The fy syllable keeps the eye vowel of fly even though it is weak.
Tip: Five syllables: eye-DEN-tuh-fy-ing. Only the second is loud.
More words starting with i · Every word in the pronunciation guide