kestrel

Other forms of kestrel

plural

kestrels·

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 kestrel

What does kestrel mean?

kestrel means "small North American falcon". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kestrel?

kestrel has 2 syllables: ke-strel. The stress falls on "ke".

What is another word for kestrel?

Close synonyms include sparrow hawk, American kestrel, Falco sparverius, Falco tinnunculus. 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 kestrel a common word?

kestrel 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.