Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leap seconds

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
leap sec-onds
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does leap seconds mean?
plural of leap second

How to pronounce leap seconds

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