Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fairy story

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: fairy s-to-ry
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of fairy tale (“a folktale with fantasy characters”).

noun

Synonym of fairy tale (“a story presented as true that is not believable”).

Inflected Forms

fairy stories (plural)

Synonyms

fairy tale fairytale cock-and-bull story song and dance

Questions

What does fairy story mean?: Synonym of fairy tale (“a folktale with fantasy characters”).

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