weasel

Other forms of weasel

plural

weasels·

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 weasel

What does weasel mean?

weasel means "a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in weasel?

weasel has 2 syllables: wea-sel. The stress falls on "wea". In IPA it is /ˈwizəl/.

Is weasel a common word?

weasel 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.