thirteen

Other forms of thirteen

plural

thirteens·

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 thirteen

What does thirteen mean?

thirteen means "the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thirteen?

thirteen has 2 syllables: thir-teen. The stress falls on "thir". In IPA it is /ˈθɝˈtin/.

What is another word for thirteen?

Close synonyms include 13, XIII, baker's dozen, long dozen, 13. 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 thirteen a common word?

thirteen 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.

What rhymes with thirteen?

24 words rhyme with thirteen. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.