mottled

Questions about mottled

What does mottled mean?

mottled means "having spots or patches of color".

How many syllables are in mottled?

mottled has 2 syllables: mott-led. The stress falls on "mott". In IPA it is /ˈmɑtəld/.

What is another word for mottled?

Close synonyms include dappled. 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 mottled a common word?

mottled 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mottled come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.