Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second last

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.43 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond last
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Penultimate, next to last, immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.

Inflected Forms

second-last (alternative)

Synonyms

penultimate

Questions

What does second last mean?: Penultimate, next to last, immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.

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