deflection

Other forms of deflection

plural

deflections·

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 deflection

What does deflection mean?

deflection means "a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deflection?

deflection has 3 syllables: de-flec-tion. The stress falls on "flec". In IPA it is /dɪˈflɛkʃən/.

What is another word for deflection?

Close synonyms include warp, deflexion, refraction, deflexion, deflexion. 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 deflection a common word?

deflection 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.

What rhymes with deflection?

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