assibilate

Questions about assibilate

What does assibilate mean?

assibilate means "insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in assibilate?

assibilate has 4 syllables and divides as as-si-bi-late 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.

Is assibilate a common word?

assibilate 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.