Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precautious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
pre-cau-tious
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Taking precautions.

Inflected Forms

more precautious (comparative) most precautious (superlative)

Derived Forms

precautiously precautiousness

Rhymes With

cautious incautious

Questions

What does precautious mean?
Taking precautions.

How to pronounce precautious

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