Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fell foul

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables
fel-l -foul
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does fell foul mean?
simple past of fall foul

How to pronounce fell foul

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