Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counting sheep

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables
count-ing sheep
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of count sheep

Questions

What does counting sheep mean?
present participle and gerund of count sheep

How to pronounce counting sheep

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