Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

who would have thought it

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.41 in modern English

Syllables: who -would have thought it
IPA

44

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A rhetorical question used to express incredulity or surprise: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?

Example Sentences

"I'm surprised you didn't like the movie, who'd've thought it? I'd've thought it was just your kind of thing."
""Who would have thought it, James?" he remarked at length. "Great Scot! I shall have to get a partner.""

Synonyms

who would have thunk it

Questions

What does who would have thought it mean?: A rhetorical question used to express incredulity or surprise: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?

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