Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noise word

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: noise -word
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word that may be included in source code for clarity but does not change the meaning.

noun

A stop word, one ignored in search queries etc.

Example Sentences

"For example, in the COBOL goto statement, written GO TO , the keyword GO is required, but TO is an optional noise word which carries no information and is used only to improve readability."

Inflected Forms

noise words (plural)

Questions

What does noise word mean?: A word that may be included in source code for clarity but does not change the meaning.

How to pronounce noise word

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