Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fricatives

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
frica-tives
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of fricative

Questions

What does fricatives mean?
plural of fricative

How to pronounce fricatives

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