how to pronounce spouse

/spaʊs/

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spouse is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of spouse in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the UK government as a spouse with no …”

meaning of spouse

Spouse is a person with whom one is married.

spouse frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word spouse occurs in english on average 6.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.