How do you pronounce tells?

The recorded pronunciation is /tɛlz/.

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tells

/tɛlz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

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How do you pronounce tells?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɛlz/.
What does tells mean?: third-person singular simple present indicative of tell

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