Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

there's no place like home

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.14 in modern English

Syllables: there's no -place -like home
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

3

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

One feels most comfortable at home.

Example Sentences

"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home."

Etymology

Popularized by the 1823 song Home! Sweet Home!, in which the phrase was used as a refrain. Popularized again, more recently, in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

Questions

What does there's no place like home mean?: One feels most comfortable at home.
Where does there's no place like home come from?: Popularized by the 1823 song Home! Sweet Home!, in which the phrase was used as a refrain. Popularized again, more recently, in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

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