zed

Other forms of zed

plural

zeds·

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 zed

What does zed mean?

zed means "the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet".

How many syllables are in zed?

zed has 1 syllable: zed. In IPA it is /ˈzɛd/.

What is another word for zed?

Close synonyms include Z, z, zee, ezed, izzard. 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 zed a common word?

zed 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.