clayey

Questions about clayey

What does clayey mean?

clayey means "resembling or containing clay". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clayey?

clayey has 2 syllables: clay-ey. The stress falls on "clay". In IPA it is /ˈkleɪi/.

What is another word for clayey?

Close synonyms include argillaceous, cloggy, heavy. 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 clayey a common word?

clayey 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.