vocalize

Other forms of vocalize

past tense

vocalized·

present participle

vocalizing·

third person

vocalizes·

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 vocalize

What does vocalize mean?

vocalize means "utter with vibrating vocal chords". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vocalize?

vocalize has 3 syllables: vo-ca-lize. The stress falls on "vo". In IPA it is /ˈvoʊkəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for vocalize?

Close synonyms include voice, sound, vocalise, vocalise, vocalise. 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 vocalize a common word?

vocalize 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.

What rhymes with vocalize?

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