Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

falls

/fɔlz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: falls
IPA: /fɔlz/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fall

name

name

name

name

Slang

name

Example Sentences

"Niagara Falls"
"And climbed up through the woods, past the lake island where the white gazebo stood up to its knees in mist, up to where a falls fell melodiously into a deep dark pool."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fɔlz/
British English: /fɔːlz/

Usage

Slang

Derived Forms

Fallsburg

Phrases

American Falls Ashley Falls Attleboro Falls Beacon Falls Bellows Falls Bishop's Falls Black River Falls Blue Hill Falls

Synonyms

waterfall

Rhymes With

calls walls balls halls stalls malls installs crawls smalls hauls rawls gauls

Questions

How do you pronounce falls?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɔlz/.
What does falls mean?: A waterfall.

How to pronounce falls

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