Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

police detective

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: po-lice de-tec-tive
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of detective (“a police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime”).

Inflected Forms

police detectives (plural)

Synonyms

detective investigator tec

Questions

What does police detective mean?: Synonym of detective (“a police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime”).

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