Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reading age

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables: read-ing age
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One's ability to read, measured against an average child of that age.

Example Sentences

"Although she's only six, Lucy has a reading age of ten."

Inflected Forms

reading ages (plural)

Questions

What does reading age mean?: One's ability to read, measured against an average child of that age.

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