How Do You Spell INFLECTS?

Pronunciation: [ɪnflˈɛkts] (IPA)

The word "inflects" is spelled with five letters, but pronounced with six sounds. In IPA phonetic transcription, it is represented as /ɪnˈflɛkts/. The first sound is the short "i" sound, followed by the "n" sound. The third sound is the "f" sound, with the "l" sound coming after. The fifth sound is the "e" sound and the final sixth sound is the "k" sound. "Inflects" is a verb that means to change the form of a word to indicate tense, mood, or voice.

INFLECTS Meaning and Definition

1. Inflects is the third person singular present tense form of the verb "inflect." The term "inflect" refers to the act of modifying or altering the form or tone of a word, typically through changes in its ending or internal structure, to convey grammatical information such as tense, number, case, mood, or voice. When a word undergoes inflection, it exhibits different forms depending on its role in a sentence or its relationship with other words.

   Inflection is commonly observed in languages with rich grammatical systems, such as Latin, German, or Russian. It allows words to adapt to various grammatical contexts and express specific meanings. For instance, in English, the verb "to be" inflects in the present tense as "am," "is," or "are," and it further changes in the past tense as "was" or "were," allowing speakers to indicate time and subject agreement.

   Inflection plays a fundamental role in language comprehension and communication, aiding in the accurate understanding of grammatical relationships between words. By recognizing and decoding inflected forms, speakers can derive crucial information about the relationships within a sentence. Inflection also contributes to the formation of regular and irregular verb forms, noun plurals, adjective comparatives, adverb comparatives, and the creation of nuanced meanings in a given language.

Common Misspellings for INFLECTS

• Infletus
• infles
• inflexs
• infrects
• inflescts
• inflegts
• infleats
• infleuces
• inflactu
• infleatu
• infrecte
• inflecity
• infiecys

Etymology of INFLECTS

The word "inflects" is derived from the Latin verb "inflectere". It originates from the combination of the prefix "in", which means "into", and the verb "flectere", which means "to bend" or "to curve". In Latin, "inflectere" referred to the act of bending or curving, especially when used in grammatical contexts to describe the modification of word forms according to grammatical rules. Over time, this Latin term was adopted into English with a similar meaning, referring to the alteration or modification of the form of a word to express grammatical categories such as tense, number, gender, and case. Thus, "inflects" in English reflects the historical development of this term from its Latin roots.

Similar spelling words for INFLECTS

• inflected,
• influential,
• in full,
• inflate,
• inflexible,
• influent,
• inflame,
• influence,
• inflection,
• infects,
• inflect,
• inflicts,
• inflict.

Conjugate verb Inflects

CONDITIONAL

I would inflect

we would inflect

you would inflect

he/she/it would inflect

they would inflect

FUTURE

I will inflect

we will inflect

you will inflect

he/she/it will inflect

they will inflect

FUTURE PERFECT

I will have inflected

we will have inflected

you will have inflected

he/she/it will have inflected

they will have inflected

PAST

I inflected

we inflected

you inflected

he/she/it inflected

they inflected

PAST PERFECT

I had inflected

we had inflected

you had inflected

he/she/it had inflected

they had inflected

PRESENT

I inflect

we inflect

you inflect

he/she/it inflects

they inflect

PRESENT PERFECT

I have inflected

we have inflected

you have inflected

he/she/it has inflected

they have inflected

I am inflecting

we are inflecting

you are inflecting

he/she/it is inflecting

they are inflecting

I was inflecting

we were inflecting

you were inflecting

he/she/it was inflecting

they were inflecting

I will be inflecting

we will be inflecting

you will be inflecting

he/she/it will be inflecting

they will be inflecting

I have been inflecting

we have been inflecting

you have been inflecting

he/she/it has been inflecting

they have been inflecting

I had been inflecting

we had been inflecting

you had been inflecting

he/she/it had been inflecting

they had been inflecting

I will have been inflecting

we will have been inflecting

you will have been inflecting

he/she/it will have been inflecting

they will have been inflecting

I would have inflected

we would have inflected

you would have inflected

he/she/it would have inflected

they would have inflected

I would be inflecting

we would be inflecting

you would be inflecting

he/she/it would be inflecting

they would be inflecting

I would have been inflecting

we would have been inflecting

you would have been inflecting

he/she/it would have been inflecting

they would have been inflecting