pitfall

Questions about pitfall

What does pitfall mean?

pitfall means "an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pitfall?

pitfall has 2 syllables: pit-fall. The stress falls on "pit". In IPA it is /ˈpɪtˌfɔl/.

What is another word for pitfall?

Close synonyms include booby trap, pit. 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 pitfall a common word?

pitfall 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.

What rhymes with pitfall?

11 words rhyme with pitfall. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.