Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encourages

/ɛnkˈɝɪdʒɪz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
en-cour-ages
IPA
/ɛnkˈɝɪdʒɪz/
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

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How do you pronounce encourages?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɛnkˈɝɪdʒɪz/.
What does encourages mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of encourage

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