Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

well-formed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
well--formed
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

better-formed (comparative) more well-formed (comparative) best-formed (superlative) most well-formed (superlative)

Phrases

well-formedness well-formed formula

Frequently Paired Words

well-formed formula

Synonyms

grammatical

Antonyms

ill-formed

Questions

What does well-formed mean?
Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.

How to pronounce well-formed

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