made-to-order

Questions about made-to-order

What does made-to-order mean?

made-to-order means "built for a particular individual". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in made-to-order?

made-to-order has 4 syllables and divides as ma-de--to-or-der 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 made-to-order?

Close synonyms include custom-built, bespoke, bespoken, tailored, tailor-made. 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 made-to-order a common word?

made-to-order is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.