Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devil's dozen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
dev-il's -dozen
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

ordinal devil's-dozenth (canonical) devil's dozens (plural)

Questions

What does devil's dozen mean?
thirteen; baker's dozen

How to pronounce devil's dozen

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