ouzel

Other forms of ouzel

plural

ouzels·

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 ouzel

What does ouzel mean?

ouzel means "common black European thrush".

How many syllables are in ouzel?

ouzel has 2 syllables: ou-zel. The stress falls on "ou".

What is another word for ouzel?

Close synonyms include blackbird, merl, merle, ousel, European blackbird. 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 ouzel a common word?

ouzel 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.