how to pronounce spades

/ˈspɛɪdz/

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spades is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of spades in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… earrings in spades because those …”

meanings of spades

noun:

Plural of spade.
A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps.
One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spade.

name:

Plural of Spade.

spades frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word spades occurs in english on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.