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bad-lad split

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
bad-lad s-plit
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

a phonemic split of the phoneme /æ/ into a short /æ/ and a long /æː/, as heard in some varieties of British and Australian English, in which "bad" is pronounced /bæːd/ and "lad" is pronounced /læd/

Phrases

æ-tensing trap-bath split

Frequently Paired Words

æ-tensing trap-bath split

Questions

What does bad-lad split mean?
a phonemic split of the phoneme /æ/ into a short /æ/ and a long /æː/, as heard in some varieties of British and Australian English, in which "bad" is pronounced /bæːd/ and "lad" is pronounced /læd/

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