sixteen

Other forms of sixteen

plural

sixteens·

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 sixteen

What does sixteen mean?

sixteen means "the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sixteen?

sixteen has 2 syllables: six-teen. The stress falls on "teen". In IPA it is /sɪkˈstin/.

What is another word for sixteen?

Close synonyms include 16, XVI, 16, xvi. 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 sixteen a common word?

sixteen 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.

What rhymes with sixteen?

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