Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passive vocabulary

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: pas-sive vo-cab-u-lary
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The words and phrases, collectively, that someone understands in speech and writing but does not commonly use.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"John's passive vocabulary seems to encompass most of the words in the Collegiate Dictionary!"

Usage

Inflected Forms

passive vocabularies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

active vocabulary

Questions

What does passive vocabulary mean?: The words and phrases, collectively, that someone understands in speech and writing but does not commonly use.

How to pronounce passive vocabulary

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