Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devil lies in the details

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables
dev-il lies in the de-tails
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Synonym of devil is in the details.

Inflected Forms

the devil lies in the details (canonical)

Synonyms

devil is in the details

Questions

What does devil lies in the details mean?
Synonym of devil is in the details.

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