anomaly

Other forms of anomaly

plural

anomalies·

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 anomaly

What does anomaly mean?

anomaly means "deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in anomaly?

anomaly has 4 syllables: a-no-ma-ly. The stress falls on "no". In IPA it is /əˈnɑməli/.

What is another word for anomaly?

Close synonyms include anomalousness, unusual person. 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 anomaly a common word?

anomaly 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.