welt

Other forms of welt

plural

welts·

past tense

welted·

present participle

welting·

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 welt

What does welt mean?

welt means "a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in welt?

welt has 1 syllable: welt. In IPA it is /ˈwɛlt/.

What is another word for welt?

Close synonyms include wale, weal, wheal, flog, whip. 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 welt a common word?

welt 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.