Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tailed

/teɪld/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: tailed
IPA: /teɪld/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of tail

adj

adj

Of certain butterflies, having one or more filamentous projections on the tornal section of each hind wing.

Example Sentences

"There are several tailed species of mammals."
"This is a species of long-tailed mouse."
"A one-tailed hypothesis will make predictions in one particular direction."

Etymology

From Middle English tayled; equivalent to tail + -ed.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: tayled

Derived Forms

tailedness untailed boattailed culvertailed fantailed multitailed pintailed sharptailed swallowtailed

Phrases

brush-tailed bushy-tailed daggle-tailed draggle-tailed fan-tailed fast-tailed fat-tailed heavy-tailed

Synonyms

caudate

Rhymes With

failed detailed nailed unveiled sailed jailed scaled emailed mailed hailed prevailed bailed

Questions

How do you pronounce tailed?: The recorded pronunciation is /teɪld/.
What does tailed mean?: simple past and past participle of tail
Where does tailed come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce tailed

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