ladybug

Other forms of ladybug

plural

ladybugs·

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 ladybug

What does ladybug mean?

ladybug means "small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests".

How many syllables are in ladybug?

ladybug has 3 syllables: la-dy-bug. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˈleɪdiˌbʌɡ/.

What is another word for ladybug?

Close synonyms include ladybeetle, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle. 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 ladybug a common word?

ladybug 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.

What rhymes with ladybug?

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