sorex

Questions about sorex

What does sorex mean?

sorex means "type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews".

How many syllables are in sorex?

sorex has 2 syllables and divides as so-rex under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sorex?

Close synonyms include genus Sorex. 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 sorex a common word?

sorex 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.