Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hw

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: hw
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of hardware.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of heightless weight.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of high water.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of homework.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Initialism of Hot Wheels.

noun

Abbreviation of homework.

Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of hardware.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

HWs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

SW CW GW LW UGW

Antonyms

LW

Questions

What does hw mean?: Initialism of hardware.

How to pronounce hw

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