dyslectic

Other forms of dyslectic

plural

dyslectics·

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 dyslectic

What does dyslectic mean?

dyslectic means "a person who has dyslexia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dyslectic?

dyslectic has 3 syllables: dy-slec-tic. The stress falls on "slec".

What is another word for dyslectic?

Close synonyms include dyslexic, dyslexic. 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 dyslectic a common word?

dyslectic 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.