oct

Other forms of oct

plural

octs·

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 oct

What does oct mean?

oct means "the month following September and preceding November".

How many syllables are in oct?

oct has 1 syllable: oct. In IPA it is /ˈɔkt/.

What is another word for oct?

Close synonyms include October. 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 oct a common word?

oct 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.