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to-and-fro

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables
to-and-fro
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative spelling of to and fro.

verb

Alternative spelling of to and fro.

adj

Alternative spelling of to and fro.

noun

Alternative spelling of to and fro.

Inflected Forms

to-and-fros (present, singular) to-and-froing (participle, present) to-and-froed (participle, past) to-and-froed (past) to-and-fros (plural)

Questions

What does to-and-fro mean?
Alternative spelling of to and fro.

How to pronounce to-and-fro

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