betray

Other forms of betray

past tense

betrayed·

present participle

betraying·

third person

betrays·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about betray

What does betray mean?

betray means "reveal unintentionally". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in betray?

betray has 2 syllables: be-tray. The stress falls on "tray". In IPA it is /bɪˈtɹeɪ/.

What is another word for betray?

Close synonyms include bewray, sell, fail, cheat on, cheat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is betray a common word?

betray is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with betray?

5 words rhyme with betray. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.