Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

birthday problem

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables: birth-day prob-lem
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The mathematics problem that concerns the probability there exist two people in a random group who share a birthday.

Phrases

birthday paradox

Frequently Paired Words

birthday paradox

Questions

What does birthday problem mean?: The mathematics problem that concerns the probability there exist two people in a random group who share a birthday.

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