Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

house sparrow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
house- s-par-row
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.

Inflected Forms

Phrases

Indian house sparrow

Synonyms

English sparrow Indian sparrow Indian house sparrow sparr sparrer spadger spadgick philip spatzie spotsie

Questions

What does house sparrow mean?
A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.

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