october

Other forms of october

plural

octobers·

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 october

What does october mean?

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

How many syllables are in october?

october has 3 syllables: oc-to-ber. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ɑkˈtoʊbɚ/.

What is another word for october?

Close synonyms include Oct. 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 october a common word?

october is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.