Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discourages

/dɪskˈɝɪdʒɪz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
dis-cour-ages
IPA
/dɪskˈɝɪdʒɪz/
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

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How do you pronounce discourages?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪskˈɝɪdʒɪz/.
What does discourages mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of discourage

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