eighteen

Other forms of eighteen

plural

eighteens·

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 eighteen

What does eighteen mean?

eighteen means "the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eighteen?

eighteen has 2 syllables: eigh-teen. The stress falls on "teen". In IPA it is /eɪˈtin/.

What is another word for eighteen?

Close synonyms include 18, XVIII, 18, xviii. 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 eighteen a common word?

eighteen is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 eighteen?

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