Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

placed

/pleɪst/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables: placed
IPA: /pleɪst/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of place

Derived Forms

malplaced nonplaced unplaced

Synonyms

located set situated

Rhymes With

based waste taste replaced faced waist paste traced displaced embraced chased raced

Questions

How do you pronounce placed?: The recorded pronunciation is /pleɪst/.
What does placed mean?: simple past and past participle of place

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