Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telling tales

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables
telling -tales
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tell tales

Questions

What does telling tales mean?
present participle and gerund of tell tales

How to pronounce telling tales

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