Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sour-sweet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
sour-sweet
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

sweet-and-sour (in both senses)

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

sour-sweets (plural)

Questions

What does sour-sweet mean?
sweet-and-sour (in both senses)

How to pronounce sour-sweet

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