shoehorn

Questions about shoehorn

What does shoehorn mean?

shoehorn means "a device used for easing the foot into a shoe". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shoehorn?

shoehorn has 2 syllables: shoe-horn. The stress falls on "shoe". In IPA it is /ˈʃuˌhɔɹn/.

Is shoehorn a common word?

shoehorn 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.

What rhymes with shoehorn?

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