hexad

Other forms of hexad

plural

hexads·

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 hexad

What does hexad mean?

hexad means "the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one".

How many syllables are in hexad?

hexad has 2 syllables and divides as hex-ad under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hexad?

Close synonyms include six, 6, VI, sixer, sise. 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 hexad a common word?

hexad 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.