tutelage

Other forms of tutelage

plural

tutelages·

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 tutelage

What does tutelage mean?

tutelage means "teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tutelage?

tutelage has 3 syllables: tu-te-lage. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /ˈtjutɪlɪdʒ/.

What is another word for tutelage?

Close synonyms include tuition, tutorship, care, charge, guardianship. 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 tutelage a common word?

tutelage 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.