Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

we'll

/wil/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English

Syllables: we'll
IPA: /wil/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

contraction

we will

contraction

adv

Misspelling of well.

Example Sentences

"Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t' tunnel, and when we get to t' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this is t' filthiest tunnel in t' world.""
"They'd have to to^([sic]) be able to work together so we'll."

Etymology

Contraction of we will and we shall.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /wil/
British English: /wiːl/

Inflected Forms

we'l (alternative) better (comparative) best (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

he'll I'll she'll they'll we'd we're we've you'll

Homonyms

weal wheal wheel (wine–whine merger) will (in some accents) weel

Rhymes With

feel real deal steel appeal wheel meal ideal reveal steal seal she'll

Questions

How do you pronounce we'll?: The recorded pronunciation is /wil/.
What does we'll mean?: we will
Where does we'll come from?: Contraction of we will and we shall.

How to pronounce we'll

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