spatula

Other forms of spatula

plural

spatulas·

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 spatula

What does spatula mean?

spatula means "a turner with a narrow flexible blade". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spatula?

spatula has 3 syllables: spat-ul-a. The stress falls on "spat". In IPA it is /ˈspæˌtʃʊlə/.

Is spatula a common word?

spatula 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.