Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defenseman

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
de-fense-man
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of defenceman.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

defensemen (plural)

Questions

What does defenseman mean?
Alternative spelling of defenceman.

How to pronounce defenseman

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