Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

treads lightly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
tread-s -light-ly
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does treads lightly mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of tread lightly

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