Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ricketed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rick-et-ed
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Rickety, shaky, unsteady.

verb

simple past and past participle of ricket

adj

Having the medical condition of rickets.

Etymology

From ricket + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ricket, rickets

Inflected Forms

more ricketed (comparative) most ricketed (superlative)

Questions

What does ricketed mean?: Rickety, shaky, unsteady.
Where does ricketed come from?: From ricket + -ed.

How to pronounce ricketed

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