Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sugar candy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: sug-ar -can-dy
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

candy, confectionery

American usage; Uncountable

noun

crystals of sucrose

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English suger candy, sugre candy, equivalent to sugar + candy.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: suger candy

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

sugar candies (plural)

Questions

What does sugar candy mean?: candy, confectionery
Where does sugar candy come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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