directory

Other forms of directory

plural

directories·

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 directory

What does directory mean?

directory means "an alphabetical list of names and addresses". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in directory?

directory has 4 syllables: di-rec-to-ry. The stress falls on "rec". In IPA it is /dɚˈɛktɚi/.

Is directory a common word?

directory 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.