Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backwards compliment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
back-ward-s -com-pli-ment
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does backwards compliment mean?
Alternative form of backward compliment.

How to pronounce backwards compliment

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