Plural of word
regular plural
The plural of word is words.
Forms of word
| Singular | word /wɜːd/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | words /wɜːdz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Words in a sentence
- Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words".2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37
- All 15.5 million ‘words’ (or so–the exact length depends on the repeat sequences, which vary greatly) in the twenty-second chapter of the human autobiography have been read and written down in English letters: 47 million As, Cs, Gs and Ts.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 301
- In very ancient or poorly documented languages, the precise semantics of words tend to be uncertain.From the entry semantics
- Although written the same, the words lead (the metal) and lead (the verb) have totally different etymologies.From the entry etymology
- An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.From the entry offset
Meaning of word
- noun The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.).
- noun The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes.
- noun The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes.
Questions about the plural of word
- What is the plural of word?
- The plural of word is words.
- Is word countable?
- Word is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: word (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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