Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

great spotted woodpecker

/ˈɡɹeɪt ˈspɒtəd ˈwʊdpɛkəɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
great spot-ted -wood-peck-er
IPA
/ˈɡɹeɪt ˈspɒtəd ˈwʊdpɛkəɹ/
38
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of woodpecker, Dendrocopos major.

Inflected Forms

Questions

How do you pronounce great spotted woodpecker?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹeɪt ˈspɒtəd ˈwʊdpɛkəɹ/.
What does great spotted woodpecker mean?
A species of woodpecker, Dendrocopos major.

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