vetchling

Questions about vetchling

What does vetchling mean?

vetchling means "any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils".

How many syllables are in vetchling?

vetchling has 2 syllables and divides as vetch-ling 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.

Is vetchling a common word?

vetchling is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.