Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pains

/peɪnz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables: pains
IPA: /peɪnz/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pain

name

noun

noun

Example Sentences

"Captain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably, as if he had been John Manly over again."
"Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.[…]Next day she[…]tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary."

Derived Forms

painstaker painstaking painsworthy

Phrases

at pains go to pains take pains take great pains

Synonyms

striving nisus strain

Homonyms

panes

Rhymes With

remains contains explains trains gains campaigns planes chains brains lanes maintains plains

Questions

How do you pronounce pains?: The recorded pronunciation is /peɪnz/.
What does pains mean?: plural of pain

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