freckle

Other forms of freckle

plural

freckles·

past tense

freckled·

present participle

freckling·

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 freckle

What does freckle mean?

freckle means "become freckled". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in freckle?

freckle has 2 syllables: frec-kle. The stress falls on "frec". In IPA it is /ˈfɹɛkəl/.

What is another word for freckle?

Close synonyms include lentigo. 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 freckle a common word?

freckle 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.