Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lay people

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables
lay peo-ple
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of lay person

Questions

What does lay people mean?
plural of lay person

How to pronounce lay people

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