ß
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English
0
Scrabble Score
1
Letters
1
Syllables
1
Unique Chars
Meaning
symbol
Occasionally used in loanwords from German.
Example Sentences
- "You're full of scheiße!"
- "As in nombers Abſtracte, euery nomber is not a rooted nomber, but ſome certaine only emongeſt theim, ſo in nombers Coßike, all nombers haue not rootes: but ſoche onely emongeſt ſimple Coßike nombers are rooted, whoſe nomber hath a roote, agreable to the figure of his denomination."
- "I am alſo aſſured by a Neighbour of mine, that a Brother of his, who is a great Cider Merchant in Devonſhire, is by frequent experience ſo well ſatisfied with the harmleſneſs of rotten Apples, that he makes no ſcruple of exchanging with any one that comes to his Cider-preß, a Buſhel of ſound-apples for the ſame meaſure of the other."
- "After my Addreß to our Great Founder and Patron, I could not but think my ſelf oblig'd, in conſideration of thoſe many Ingagements you have laid upon me, to offer theſe my poor Labours to this MOST ILLUSTRIOUS ASSEMBLY."
- "And vvhat happineſs is there in a ſtorm of paſſions? On this account the Scepticks affected an indifferent æquipondious neutrality as the only means to their Ataraxia, and freedom from paßionate diſturbances."
- "Paß, a VVay, Lane, River, Leave; alſo condition. VVhat a Sad Paß things are come to? In vvhat an ill State they are. That Shamm vvon't Paß, that Trick vvwon't take."