scrutiny

Other forms of scrutiny

plural

scrutinies·

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 scrutiny

What does scrutiny mean?

scrutiny means "the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scrutiny?

scrutiny has 3 syllables: scru-ti-ny. The stress falls on "scru". In IPA it is /ˈskɹutəni/.

What is another word for scrutiny?

Close synonyms include examination. 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 scrutiny a common word?

scrutiny is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.