Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

once and awhile

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

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

Meaning

Questions

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

How to pronounce once and awhile

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