Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

simmon

/sˈɪmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: sim-mon
IPA: /sˈɪmən/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of 'simmon (“persimmon”).

Example Sentences

"I'll eat it wi' my simmon cake, To cure the rotten belly-ach[e]. Hoe corn! hill tobacco! Get over double trouble, Juber boy Juber. Raccoon went to simmon town, To choose the rotten from de soun, Dare he sot upon a sill, Eating of a[…]"
"Possum up a simmon tree, Raccoon on the ground, Says the Raccoon to the Possum, "Shake them simmons down.""
"'Fox and dog and possum like simmons. I decided I'd go down there then; walked up to them simmon trees, the ground was covered with simmons. Said to myself, 'If I set my traps here I might just catch that fox.' So what I done, I got them[…]"

Inflected Forms

simmons (plural)

Rhymes With

women limon dimon mccrimmon

Questions

How do you pronounce simmon?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɪmən/.
What does simmon mean?: Alternative spelling of 'simmon (“persimmon”).

How to pronounce simmon

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