Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lakes

/leɪks/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: lakes
IPA: /leɪks/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Lake District, a rural area in northwest England.

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noun

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lake

Inflected Forms

the Lakes (canonical)

Rhymes With

makes takes breaks mistakes stakes brakes snakes cakes wakes shakes flakes steaks

Questions

How do you pronounce lakes?: The recorded pronunciation is /leɪks/.
What does lakes mean?: The Lake District, a rural area in northwest England.

How to pronounce lakes

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