How do you pronounce shires?

The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈaɪɹz/.

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shires

/ʃˈaɪɹz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

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