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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raught

/ɹɔːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
raught
IPA
/ɹɔːt/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of reach

Obsolete

verb

simple past and past participle of reck

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English raughte, raghte, from Old English rāhte, a past tense form of rǣċan (“to reach”) (compare taught and teach).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: raughte, rāhte, roughte, reahte

Usage

Homonyms

wrought

Rhymes With

thought brought bought caught airport taught fought sought ought wrought distraught fraught

Questions

How do you pronounce raught?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɔːt/.
What does raught mean?
simple past and past participle of reach
Where does raught come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce raught

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