Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

to be expected

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables
to be -ex-pect-ed
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

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What does to be expected mean?
likely to happen; typical, predictable

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