Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rye seed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: rye seed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Caraway seed, used whole as a flavoring in the best-known type of rye bread, and often mistakenly assumed to be the rye itself.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rye, seed.

Inflected Forms

rye seeds (plural)

Questions

What does rye seed mean?: Caraway seed, used whole as a flavoring in the best-known type of rye bread, and often mistakenly assumed to be the rye itself.

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