ix

Other forms of ix

plural

ixes·

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 ix

What does ix mean?

ix means "the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ix?

ix has 1 syllable: ix.

What is another word for ix?

Close synonyms include nine, 9, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead. 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 ix a common word?

ix 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.