Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

f-22

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables: f-22
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

1

Letters

2

Syllables

1

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ellipsis of Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

Example Sentences

"Look closely at the commemorative flight suit patch for Super Bowl LX and you’ll notice what appears to be an anomaly: while the military aircraft flyover on Sunday is set to include Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers and F-15C Eagle fighters alongside Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35C Lightning fighters, the patch includes silhouettes of another advanced fighter jet: the Air Force F-22 Raptor. […] “We wanted 5th-generation aircraft from the Air Force and 5th-generation aircraft from the Navy,” Spencer told Military Times in a Friday interview. “But as things happen in our military, you know, operational tempo has increased, and so the F-22s got pulled for some operational assignments.”"

Inflected Forms

F-22s (plural)

Questions

What does f-22 mean?: Ellipsis of Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

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