Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

single-parent family

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables
sin-gle--par-en-t -fam-i-ly
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
9
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nuclear family with only one parent.

Inflected Forms

single-parent families (plural)

Questions

What does single-parent family mean?
A nuclear family with only one parent.

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