aiglet

Other forms of aiglet

plural

aiglets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aiglet

What does aiglet mean?

aiglet means "metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aiglet?

aiglet has 2 syllables and divides as ai-glet under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for aiglet?

Close synonyms include aglet, aglet, aiguilette. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aiglet a common word?

aiglet is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.