falls

Other forms of falls

plural

fallses·

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 falls

What does falls mean?

falls means "the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in falls?

falls has 1 syllable: falls. In IPA it is /ˈfɔlz/.

What is another word for falls?

Close synonyms include waterfall. 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 falls a common word?

falls 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.