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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

social insurance number

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables
so-cial in-sur-ance num-ber
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nine-digit number issued by the government of Canada to citizens, permanent residents, and some categories of temporary residents, for official identification in the provision of government services and income taxation.

Canadian usage

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

social insurance numbers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

SSN social security number NI number national insurance number

Synonyms

SIN

Questions

What does social insurance number mean?
A nine-digit number issued by the government of Canada to citizens, permanent residents, and some categories of temporary residents, for official identification in the provision of government services and income taxation.

How to pronounce social insurance number

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