Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ies

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: ies
IPA

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of i, the name of the letter I.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of ies.

name

Initialism of Illuminating Engineering Society.

Example Sentences

"These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees."
"1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more"

Questions

What does ies mean?: plural of i, the name of the letter I.

How to pronounce ies

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