vowel

Other forms of vowel

plural

vowels·

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 vowel

What does vowel mean?

vowel means "a speech sound made with the vocal tract open". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vowel?

vowel has 2 syllables: vo-wel. The stress falls on "vo". In IPA it is /ˈvaʊəl/.

What is another word for vowel?

Close synonyms include vowel sound. 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.

What is the opposite of vowel?

The recorded antonyms are consonant.

Is vowel a common word?

vowel 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.