twenty-six

Questions about twenty-six

What does twenty-six mean?

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

How many syllables are in twenty-six?

twenty-six has 3 syllables and divides as twen-ty--six under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for twenty-six?

Close synonyms include 26, XXVI, 26, xxvi. 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 twenty-six a common word?

twenty-six is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.