Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweet gale

/ˌswiːt ˈɡeɪl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: sweet- -gale
IPA: /ˌswiːt ˈɡeɪl/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An herbal shrub with a sweet resinous scent, Myrica gale, growing on moors and fens.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

gale bog myrtle Dutch myrtle scotch gale myrica gale

Questions

How do you pronounce sweet gale?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌswiːt ˈɡeɪl/.
What does sweet gale mean?: An herbal shrub with a sweet resinous scent, Myrica gale, growing on moors and fens.

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