Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

treading softly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
tread-ing -soft-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tread softly

Questions

What does treading softly mean?
present participle and gerund of tread softly

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