bracken

Other forms of bracken

plural

brackens·

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 bracken

What does bracken mean?

bracken means "fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bracken?

bracken has 2 syllables: brac-ken. The stress falls on "brac". In IPA it is /ˈbɹækən/.

What is another word for bracken?

Close synonyms include Pteridium esculentum, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum. 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 bracken a common word?

bracken 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.