Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detains

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

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

Meaning

Questions

What does detains mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of detain

How to pronounce detains

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