variance

Other forms of variance

plural

variances·

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 variance

What does variance mean?

variance means "an event that departs from expectations". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in variance?

variance has 3 syllables: var-i-ance. The stress falls on "var". In IPA it is /ˈvɛɹiəns/.

What is another word for variance?

Close synonyms include discrepancy, variant, division, discrepancy, disagreement. 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 variance a common word?

variance 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.

What rhymes with variance?

1 word rhymes with variance. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.