muskrat

Other forms of muskrat

plural

muskrats·

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 muskrat

What does muskrat mean?

muskrat means "the brown fur of a muskrat". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in muskrat?

muskrat has 2 syllables: mus-krat. The stress falls on "mus". In IPA it is /ˈmʌˌskɹæt/.

What is another word for muskrat?

Close synonyms include muskrat fur, musquash, Ondatra zibethica. 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 muskrat a common word?

muskrat 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.