Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shoe-horned

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
shoe-horned
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does shoe-horned mean?
simple past and past participle of shoe-horn

How to pronounce shoe-horned

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