Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

number 10

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.14 in modern English

Syllables: num-ber 10
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of 10 Downing Street.

British usage

noun

Alternative form of number ten.

Example Sentences

"There are honourable people in the government and principled advisers working in Number 10, even if their unheralded service is obscured by the crass antics of spin doctors and the demagoguery of some ministers."
"Instead, he was able to sit alongside De Bruyne on the City bench admiring a virtuoso performance from Foden, pulling every string in the number 10 role and illustrating again why he is so important to Guardiola, and why he simply must start for Gareth Southgate's England at Euro 2024."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

No 10 (alternative) No. 10 (alternative) Number Ten (alternative) number 10s (plural)

Phrases

Number Eleven Number 11 No. 11

Frequently Paired Words

Number Eleven Number 11 No. 11

Synonyms

10 Downing Street

Questions

What does number 10 mean?: Synonym of 10 Downing Street.

How to pronounce number 10

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