Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

insertion sort

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: in-ser-tion -sort
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sorting algorithm that performs its task by inserting new items into a pre-existing sorted data structure.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

insertion sorts (plural)

Questions

What does insertion sort mean?: A sorting algorithm that performs its task by inserting new items into a pre-existing sorted data structure.

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