steps

Other forms of steps

plural

stepses·

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 steps

What does steps mean?

steps means "a flight of stairs or a flight of steps". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in steps?

steps has 1 syllable: steps. In IPA it is /ˈstɛps/.

What is another word for steps?

Close synonyms include stairs. 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 steps a common word?

steps 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.