how to pronounce spared

/ˈspɛɹd/

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spared is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… weeks but the fire had spared the park …”

meanings of spared

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of spare.

spared frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word spared occurs in english on average 4 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.