spurious

Questions about spurious

What does spurious mean?

spurious means "ostensibly valid, but not actually valid". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spurious?

spurious has 3 syllables: spur-i-ous. The stress falls on "spur". In IPA it is /ˈspjʊɹiəs/.

What is another word for spurious?

Close synonyms include specious, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, inauthentic. 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 spurious a common word?

spurious 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.