lifespan

Other forms of lifespan

plural

lifespans·

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 lifespan

What does lifespan mean?

lifespan means "the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)".

How many syllables are in lifespan?

lifespan has 2 syllables: life-span. The stress falls on "life". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪfˌspæn/.

What is another word for lifespan?

Close synonyms include life, lifetime, life-time. 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 lifespan a common word?

lifespan 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 lifespan?

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