correspond

Other forms of correspond

past tense

corresponded·

present participle

corresponding·

third person

corresponds·

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 correspond

What does correspond mean?

correspond means "be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in correspond?

correspond has 3 syllables: cor-re-spond. The stress falls on "spond". In IPA it is /ˌkɔɹəˈspɑnd/.

What is another word for correspond?

Close synonyms include match, fit, check, jibe, gibe. 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 correspond a common word?

correspond is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for 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 correspond?

1 word rhymes with correspond. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.