Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixty-second

/ˌsɪksti ˈsɛkənd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: six-ty-sec-ond
IPA: /ˌsɪksti ˈsɛkənd/

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number sixty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 62 of a sequence.

adj

Lasting sixty seconds.

noun

One of sixty-two equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"The answer appears on the sixty-second page of the book."
"She finished sixty-second in the race."
"A sixty-second of 1240 is 20."

Inflected Forms

sixty-seconds (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce sixty-second?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɪksti ˈsɛkənd/.
What does sixty-second mean?: The ordinal form of the number sixty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 62 of a sequence.

How to pronounce sixty-second

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