Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

small capitals

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: smal-l- -cap-i-tals
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of small caps.

Example Sentences

"Small capitals in an example identify the word receiving the nuclear accent of the clause, or (in most cases) an extra heavy contrastive accent. [“Bill was the one who wrote this note.” — “No.] Pete wrote it.”"

Synonyms

small caps

Questions

What does small capitals mean?: Synonym of small caps.

How to pronounce small capitals

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