Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

french spacing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: french s-pac-ing
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The archaic practice (though still current in French) of inserting a space around colons, semicolons, question marks and exclamation marks, and also two spaces between sentences.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does french spacing mean?: The archaic practice (though still current in French) of inserting a space around colons, semicolons, question marks and exclamation marks, and also two spaces between sentences.

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