Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sparken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sparken
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To spark or ignite in sparks

Example Sentences

"[…] and her princess-feather flipped purty in the wind; and thar a siller wishbone jewelled betwixt her breastes; and her pink-red-pepper wristicuffs sparkened; […]"
"And milady said, “I am but an afterthought. Nothing more. I am but an instrument. Nothng more. I am but a sparkened catalyst. Nothing more”"

Etymology

From spark + -en.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: spark

Inflected Forms

sparkens (present, singular) sparkening (participle, present) sparkened (participle, past) sparkened (past)

Rhymes With

darken hearken harken barkin' petrarchan barken undarken

Questions

What does sparken mean?: To spark or ignite in sparks
Where does sparken come from?: From spark + -en.

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