Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sporadically

/spɚˈædɪkli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: spo-rad-i-cal-ly
IPA: /spɚˈædɪkli/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency.

Example Sentences

"Valencia threatened sporadically in the first half with Miguel having a decent effort deflected wide by Ashley Cole, while Jordi Alba's near-post cross was flicked into the sidenetting by Pablo Hernandez."

Etymology

Etymology tree English sporadic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English sporadically From sporadic + -ally.

Synonyms

intermittently periodically

Rhymes With

radically

Questions

How do you pronounce sporadically?: The recorded pronunciation is /spɚˈædɪkli/.
What does sporadically mean?: At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency.
Where does sporadically come from?: Etymology tree English sporadic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English sporadically From sporadic + -ally.

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