bailey

Other forms of bailey

plural

baileys·

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 bailey

What does bailey mean?

bailey means "United States singer (1918-1990)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bailey?

bailey has 2 syllables: bai-ley. The stress falls on "bai". In IPA it is /ˈbeɪli/.

What is another word for bailey?

Close synonyms include Pearl Bailey, Pearl Mae Bailey, Nathan Bailey, Nathaniel Bailey. 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 bailey a common word?

bailey is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.