Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweet john

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables: sweet- john
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flower of the narrow-leaved varieties of a species of pink (Dianthus barbatus), as distinguished from other varieties called sweet william.

Inflected Forms

sweet Johns (plural)

Questions

What does sweet john mean?: A flower of the narrow-leaved varieties of a species of pink (Dianthus barbatus), as distinguished from other varieties called sweet william.

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