Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

word family

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English

Syllables: word -fam-i-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of etymologically related words consisting of a single word with its inflections and derivations, such as walk, walked, walks, walking, walkings, walker, walkers, walkies, walkable, walkathon.

Example Sentences

"Furthermore, the current study goes beyond previous wordlist development by contributing accompanying pedagogical lists containing word associations (i.e. collocations) and word families."

Inflected Forms

word families (plural)

Questions

What does word family mean?: A set of etymologically related words consisting of a single word with its inflections and derivations, such as walk, walked, walks, walking, walkings, walker, walkers, walkies, walkable, walkathon.

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