Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perfect octave

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: per-fec-t oc-tave
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of twelve semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is enharmonically equivalent to an augmented seventh and is commonly referred to as an octave.

Inflected Forms

perfect octaves (plural)

Questions

What does perfect octave mean?: A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of twelve semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is enharmonically equivalent to an augmented seventh and is commonly referred to as an octave.

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