Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

persecutes

/pˈɝsəkjˌuts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
per-se-cutes
IPA
/pˈɝsəkjˌuts/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

How do you pronounce persecutes?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɝsəkjˌuts/.
What does persecutes mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of persecute

How to pronounce persecutes

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