Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speech is silver, silence is gold

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
speech is sil-ver, si-lence is -gold
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does speech is silver, silence is gold mean?
Alternative form of speech is silver, silence is golden.

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