mussel

Other forms of mussel

plural

mussels·

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 mussel

What does mussel mean?

mussel means "black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mussel?

mussel has 2 syllables: mus-sel. The stress falls on "mus". In IPA it is /ˈmʌsəl/.

Is mussel a common word?

mussel 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 mussel?

1 word rhymes with mussel. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.