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come by chance

/ˈkʌm baɪ ˈt͡ʃæns/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.13 in modern English

Syllables
come by chance
IPA
/ˈkʌm baɪ ˈt͡ʃæns/
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town on the Avalon Peninsula isthmus, in east Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

name

A locality in Walgett Shire, northern New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

The town in Newfoundland may have been named for the use of the area around the town as a staging ground for surprise attacks by French soldiers during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701 - 1714).

Rhymes With

chance france dance advance finance entrance romance stance enhance lance glance hans

Questions

How do you pronounce come by chance?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌm baɪ ˈt͡ʃæns/.
What does come by chance mean?
A town on the Avalon Peninsula isthmus, in east Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Where does come by chance come from?
The town in Newfoundland may have been named for the use of the area around the town as a staging ground for surprise attacks by French soldiers during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701 - 1714).

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