caramelize

Other forms of caramelize

past tense

caramelized·

present participle

caramelizing·

third person

caramelizes·

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 caramelize

What does caramelize mean?

caramelize means "be converted into caramel". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in caramelize?

caramelize has 4 syllables: car-a-me-lize. The stress falls on "car". In IPA it is /ˈkɛɹəməˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for caramelize?

Close synonyms include caramelise, caramelise. 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 caramelize a common word?

caramelize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 caramelize?

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