Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took a wife

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English

Syllables
took a wife
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took a wife mean?
simple past of take a wife

How to pronounce took a wife

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