Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

correspondence

/ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
cor-re-spon-dence
IPA
/ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Mutual communication or discourse:

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Mutual communication or discourse:

Uncountable

noun

Mutual communication or discourse:

Uncountable

noun

Mutual communication or discourse:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:

Countable

noun

Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:

Countable

noun

Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English correspondence, from Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ence.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: correspondence, correspondentia

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/
  • British English: /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/

Usage

Inflected Forms

correspondences (plural)

Derived Forms

incorrespondence noncorrespondence tapespondence

Phrases

correspondence chess correspondence course correspondence principle Curry-Howard correspondence grapheme-phoneme correspondence law of correspondence lexical correspondence Robinson-Schensted correspondence

Frequently Paired Words

correspondent

Synonyms

correspondency agreement parallelism symmetry symmetricalness balance commensurateness proportionateness

Questions

How do you pronounce correspondence?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/.
What does correspondence mean?
Mutual communication or discourse:
Where does correspondence come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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