well-formed

1. 1.

   conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers

   “spoke in grammatical sentences”

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Questions about well-formed

What does well-formed mean?

well-formed means "conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers".

How many syllables are in well-formed?

well-formed has 2 syllables: well--formed. The stress falls on "well-".

What is another word for well-formed?

Close synonyms include grammatical. 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 well-formed a common word?

well-formed 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.