best-selling

1. 1.

   selling in great numbers

   “a best-selling novel”

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Questions about best-selling

What does best-selling mean?

best-selling means "selling in great numbers".

How many syllables are in best-selling?

best-selling has 3 syllables and divides as best--sel-ling under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is best-selling a common word?

best-selling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.