Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

despaire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-spaire
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of despair.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

despaires (plural)

Questions

What does despaire mean?
Obsolete spelling of despair.

How to pronounce despaire

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