Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comparing apples to apples

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
com-par-ing ap-ples -to ap-ples
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of compare apples to apples

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What does comparing apples to apples mean?
present participle and gerund of compare apples to apples

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