fouled

Other forms of fouled

comparative

fouledder·

superlative

fouleddest·

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 fouled

What does fouled mean?

fouled means "made dirty or foul". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fouled?

fouled has 1 syllable: fouled. In IPA it is /ˈfaʊld/.

What is another word for fouled?

Close synonyms include befouled, afoul, foul. 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 fouled a common word?

fouled 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.