Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

governesses

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
gov-erness-es
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of governess

Questions

What does governesses mean?
plural of governess

How to pronounce governesses

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