Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

please excuse my dear aunt sally

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: please ex-cuse my dear aun-t sal-ly
IPA

47

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A mnemonic used to help people remember the order of operations, in the PEMDAS order.

Etymology

Ultimately from PEMDAS.

Synonyms

PEDMAS BODMAS BOMDAS BEDMAS

Questions

What does please excuse my dear aunt sally mean?: A mnemonic used to help people remember the order of operations, in the PEMDAS order.
Where does please excuse my dear aunt sally come from?: Ultimately from PEMDAS.

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