Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sails

/seɪlz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: sails
IPA: /seɪlz/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

The sailmaker on board ship.

Slang

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sail

noun

Usage

Slang

Homonyms

sales

Rhymes With

sales details wales fails emails males tales nails scales trails rails whales

Questions

How do you pronounce sails?: The recorded pronunciation is /seɪlz/.
What does sails mean?: plural of sail

How to pronounce sails

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