Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

what's the matter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables: what's the -mat-ter
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

What is wrong? What's the problem?

phrase

What's happening? What's the news?

Dated

Example Sentences

"Why're you crying? What's the matter?"
"What's the matter with you? Why would you do a thing like that?"
"What's the matter, that you’re looking so worried?"

Usage

Dated

Synonyms

s'matter

Questions

What does what's the matter mean?: What is wrong? What's the problem?

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