squirrel

Other forms of squirrel

plural

squirrels·

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 squirrel

What does squirrel mean?

squirrel means "a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in squirrel?

squirrel has 2 syllables: squir-rel. The stress falls on "squir". In IPA it is /ˈskwɝəl/.

Is squirrel a common word?

squirrel is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.