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once and a while

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.36 in modern English

Syllables
on-ce and a while
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Misspelling of once in a while.

Questions

What does once and a while mean?
Misspelling of once in a while.

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