sprite

Other forms of sprite

plural

sprites·

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 sprite

What does sprite mean?

sprite means "a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers".

How many syllables are in sprite?

sprite has 1 syllable: sprite. In IPA it is /ˈspɹaɪt/.

What is another word for sprite?

Close synonyms include fairy, faery, faerie, fay. 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 sprite a common word?

sprite 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.