sparling

Other forms of sparling

plural

sparlings·

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 sparling

What does sparling mean?

sparling means "common smelt of Europe". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sparling?

sparling has 2 syllables: spar-ling. The stress falls on "spar". In IPA it is /ˈspɑɹlɪŋ/.

What is another word for sparling?

Close synonyms include European smelt, European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus. 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 sparling a common word?

sparling 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.