Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ix

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: ix
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of Internet exchange.

symbol

Used to indicate pointing in sign language glosses.

noun

Abbreviation of investigation.

Etymology

From index finger.

Inflected Forms

IXes (plural)

Synonyms

nine 9 niner nina from carolina ennead

Questions

What does ix mean?: Initialism of Internet exchange.
Where does ix come from?: From index finger.

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