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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plants

/plænts/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables
plants
IPA
/plænts/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of plant

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of plant

name

A surname from German.

name

plural of Plant

Etymology

Americanized spelling of German Pflanz.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /plænts/
  • British English: /plɑːnts/

Inflected Forms

Plantses (plural)

Rhymes With

pants grants ants implants chants aunts transplants nantes frantz krantz gantz lantz

Questions

How do you pronounce plants?
The recorded pronunciation is /plænts/.
What does plants mean?
plural of plant
Where does plants come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce plants

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