Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purgatoire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
pur-ga-toire
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does purgatoire mean?
A river in southeastern Colorado, United States.

How to pronounce purgatoire

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