Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

step-mother

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables
step--moth-er
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does step-mother mean?
Alternative form of stepmother.

How to pronounce step-mother

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