Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second to last

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.42 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond -to last
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Inflected Forms

second-to-last (alternative) second from last (alternative) second-from-last (alternative)

Synonyms

penultimate

Questions

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

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