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# How to pronounce "fessing up" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/fɛssɪngʌp/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **fes·sin·gup**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (9 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "fessing up" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "And so initially, the frogs literally had to be put up at a hotel. fessing up to the problem."
- **Watch at 27:52**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x00LP0QfRTk&t=1672s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "Three--no one's fessing up in the front row here."
- **Watch at 21:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvpr6Xn09KA&t=1287s)

### Example 3
*Accent: UK*
> "But they're not fessing up to it. I mean, it's a sort of, you know, game of shadow, threedimensional shadow. >> Totally. I mean, I'm seen some"
- **Watch at 2:37**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ3vU3UykOQ&t=157s)

### Example 4
> "has an interest in how the bbc behaves and how it organizes itself going forward mark gilliam do you think there's still a a cultural problem in the bbc of fessing up of you know of of being open and being able to come forward i think this is a crucial question i think what the bbc management was 25 years ago and it is 25 years ago what they sent out"
- **Watch at 23:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCTNchZT6zI&t=1382s)

### Example 5
> "So I started writing a song about having stage fright. First, fessing up to the problem, the physical manifestations, how I would feel, how the listener might feel. And then accounting for things like my shaky voice, and I knew I would be singing about a half-octave higher than normal,"
- **Watch at 3:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq_BVyou38s&t=214s)

### Example 6
> "the Euro zone so what they're afraid of is that the problems that the sovereigns are having could trigger a new round of banking crisis in Europe when the IMF says they have already the European banks are behind us banks in fessing up to and revealing the magnitude of their debt Mark we do thank you for your time Mark Chandler Brown Brothers Harman talking about creating a true Euro Bond we"
- **Watch at 4:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR9cfr-lFes&t=267s)

### Example 7
> "I'd like to come next to Sarah, Sarah is a professor of organizational behavior. I recently came to learn about some of your new research that you published, and it's about confessions and fessing up to misdeeds and misbehaviors. I've been wondering if you can share a bit about what you found and any advice that it leads to."
- **Watch at 8:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrJIj_gflAc&t=533s)

### Example 8
> "And I should say Andy Cook is His Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary who is the person who wrote the report that Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, was responding to today, which is a spot all this news along with the letter from West Midlands police kind of fessing up about what they'd done. Oh, and also Henry, just for people who don't aren't in our trade, FOI is a Freedom of Information request, one of the tools of our trade."
- **Watch at 17:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2diCHSBqPs&t=1039s)

### Example 9
*Accent: US*
> "If I recall, there was one other question somewhere a few weeks back that only got one person fessing up to it,"
- **Watch at 22:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOY3QH_jOtE&t=1320s)


## How to Pronounce "fessing up"

- **Syllables**: fes · sin · gup
- **IPA**: `/fɛssɪngʌp/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[fessing](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/fessing)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “fessing up”?
“fessing up” is pronounced /fɛssɪngʌp/ (fes · sin · gup). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “fessing up”?
“fessing up” has 3 syllables: fes · sin · gup.

### How can I hear “fessing up” used in real sentences?
This page has 9 real-world video examples of “fessing up” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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