Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wreake

/ˈɹiːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wreake
IPA: /ˈɹiːk/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete spelling of wreak.

Obsolete

name

A river in Leicestershire, England, which joins the River Soar.

Example Sentences

""And, in avengement of their bold attempt, Both sun and starres and all the heavenly powres Conspire in one to wreake their rash contempt, And downe on them to fall from highest towres: 580 The skie, in pieces seeming to be rent, Throwes lightning forth, and haile, and harmful showres, That death on everie side to them appeares, In thousand formes, to worke more ghastly feares."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

wreakes (present, singular) wreaking (participle, present) wreaked (participle, past) wreaked (past)

Phrases

Frisby on the Wreake

Homonyms

reak

Rhymes With

week speak unique weak seek peak greek technique creek leak freak streak

Questions

How do you pronounce wreake?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹiːk/.
What does wreake mean?: Obsolete spelling of wreak.

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