Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

policed

/pəlˈist/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: po-liced
IPA: /pəlˈist/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of police

Derived Forms

nonpoliced overpoliced underpoliced unpoliced

Rhymes With

least east released north-east increased priest beast southeast northeast decreased deceased feast

Questions

How do you pronounce policed?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəlˈist/.
What does policed mean?: simple past and past participle of police

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