Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pepys

/piːps/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: pepys
IPA: /piːps/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Example Sentences

"Samuel Pepys, a 17th-century politician and diarist."

Derived Forms

Pepysian

Phrases

Pepys Island

Homonyms

peeps

Rhymes With

keeps sleeps creeps leaps heaps peeps jeeps beeps reaps deeps cheeps veeps

Questions

How do you pronounce pepys?: The recorded pronunciation is /piːps/.
What does pepys mean?: A surname.

How to pronounce pepys

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