Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

department of corrections

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: de-part-men-t of -cor-rec-tions
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

Example Sentences

"for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections"

Synonyms

corrections

Questions

What does department of corrections mean?: the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

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