Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

run of the mill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
run of the mill
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

more run of the mill (comparative) most run of the mill (superlative)

Questions

What does run of the mill mean?
Alternative spelling of run-of-the-mill.

How to pronounce run of the mill

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