soft hyphen

soft hy·phen

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sawft, soft hahy-fuh n]
- /sɔft, sɒft ˈhaɪ fən/
- /sɒft ˈhaɪ.fən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawft, soft hahy-fuh n]
- /sɔft, sɒft ˈhaɪ fən/

Definitions of soft hyphen words

noun soft hyphen a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text. 1
noun soft hyphen a hyphen, used in word processing to divide a word, which prints only when it appears at the end of a line 0

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Parts of speech for Soft hyphen

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Soft hyphen

soft hyphen popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

soft hyphen usage trend in Literature

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