hedgehog

Other forms of hedgehog

plural

hedgehogs·

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 hedgehog

What does hedgehog mean?

hedgehog means "relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hedgehog?

hedgehog has 2 syllables: hed-gehog. The stress falls on "hed". In IPA it is /ˈhɛdʒˌhɑɡ/.

What is another word for hedgehog?

Close synonyms include porcupine, Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus europeaeus. 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 hedgehog a common word?

hedgehog is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 hedgehog?

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