Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixth cousin

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables
six-th -cousin
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of people who have a common great-great-great-great-great-grandparent.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does sixth cousin mean?
Any of a number of people who have a common great-great-great-great-great-grandparent.

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