Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regex

/ˈɹɛɡˌɛks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: regex
IPA: /ˈɹɛɡˌɛks/

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clipping of regular expression.

Example Sentences

"To continue the history course from the previous section, Perl was one of the first general-purpose programming languages to bake regexes into its core functionality."

Inflected Forms

regexes (plural) regexp (alternative)

Derived Forms

regexer

Phrases

regex golf

Questions

How do you pronounce regex?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛɡˌɛks/.
What does regex mean?: Clipping of regular expression.

How to pronounce regex

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