alphabet

Other forms of alphabet

plural

alphabets·

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 alphabet

What does alphabet mean?

alphabet means "a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in alphabet?

alphabet has 3 syllables: al-pha-bet. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈælfəˌbɛt/.

What is another word for alphabet?

Close synonyms include rudiments, first principles, ABC, ABC's, ABCs. 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 alphabet a common word?

alphabet is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with alphabet?

4 words rhyme with alphabet. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.