About The Word “Other”

Everything you wanted to know about the word “other”, including spelling, parts of speech, “other” meaning and origins, anagrams, rhyming words, encodings, crossword clues and much more!

How to spell “other”

Other is spelled o-t-h-e-r and has 5 letters.


How to pronounce “other”

IPA pronunciation: /ˈʌðər/

Phonetic pronunciation: UH-th-er


How many vowels and consonants in “other”

The word “other” has 3 consonants and 2 vowels.


How many syllables in “other”?

There are 2 syllables in the word “other”.


What type of word is “other”?

The word "other" can be a adjective, noun, determiner, adverb and verb.

Meaning of the word “other”

The term 'other' refers to someone or something that is distinct or different from the person or thing already mentioned, known, or being considered.

Origin of the word “other”

The word 'other' originates from the Old English word 'ōther,' which is derived from the Proto-Germanic word 'antheraz.' Its roots can be traced further back to the Proto-Indo-European word 'h₂énteros.'

Example sentences with the word “other”

Adjective:
  1. She decided to explore the other side of the city to find new opportunities.
  2. In the meeting, they discussed not only the budget but also other important matters.
  3. Other people might have a different opinion on this issue, so it's crucial to consider their perspectives.
  4. The new restaurant offers a variety of dishes, including pasta, sushi, and several other options.

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Synonyms for “other”

Other words for “other” include alternative, different, additional, more, another, further, extra, second, supplementary, substitute.

Word families for “other”

Otherness, others

Common misspellings of “other”

Uther, ofer, othar

Similar words to “other”

Another, bother, bothers, brother, ether, mother, mothers, nother, others, otter, outer, rother, smother, soother, souther, their, theor, there, therm, voter, boother, couther, doter, gosther, goter, loather, moither, mothier, mouther, notcher, oater, pother, pothers, theer, toher, toother, tother, dother, ofter, ither, ocher, toter, moter, soter, roter, poter, noter, uther, norther, oxter

Scrambled words derived from “other”

Thoer, ohret, ohert, hotre, etorh, ethro, teorh, hoter, toerh, orteh, etohr, ohetr, hteor, hreto, etrho, othre, rheot, heort, rteoh, hetro, rteho, trheo, orhet, reoht, teroh

Words that rhyme with “other”

Brother, smother, mother, another, cover, hover, lover

Crossword clues for “other”

Alternative heart removed from mother (5).

Anagrams of “other”

Theor, thore, throe, toher

Fun facts about the word “other”

The word “other” has a Scrabble score of 8 and reads rehto in reverse.


Phonetic spelling of “other”

Oscar Tango Hotel Echo Romeo

The phonetic alphabet, specifically the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), is a system of notation for the sounds of languages created by linguists. Unlike conventional written alphabets, which vary across languages and can have inconsistent mappings of symbols to sounds, the IPA is designed to provide a consistent and universally understood means of transcribing the sounds of any spoken language.

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“other” spelled in Morse code

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Morse code is a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs. It was developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail for their new invention, the telegraph, which required a simple way to transmit text messages across long distances.

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ASCII spelling of “other”

Lowercase word: 111 116 104 101 114

Uppercase word: 79 84 72 69 82

ASCII, which stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard used by computers and electronic devices to understand and represent text.

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Binary spelling of “other”

Lowercase word: 1101111 1110100 1101000 1100101 1110010

Uppercase word: 1001111 1010100 1001000 1000101 1010010

Binary encoding is a system that computers and digital devices use to represent and process information. It's based on binary numbers, which are composed only of zeros and ones, known as bits.

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Hexadecimal value of “other”

Lowercase hexadecimal word: 0x6F 0x74 0x68 0x65 0x72

Uppercase hexadecimal word: 0x4F 0x54 0x48 0x45 0x52

Hexadecimal is a number system commonly used in computing as a human-friendly way of representing binary data. Unlike the decimal system, which is base 10 and uses digits from 0 to 9, the hexadecimal system is base 16, using digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F to represent the values 10 to 15.

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Decimal spelling of “other”

Lowercase: 111 116 104 101 114

Upprcase: 79 84 72 69 82

The decimal system, also known as base-10, is the numerical system most commonly used by people in everyday life. It's called "base-10" because it uses ten digits: 0 through 9. Each position in a decimal number represents a power of 10.

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Octal value of “other”

Lowercase: 157 164 150 145 162

Upprcase: 117 124 110 105 122

Octal is a base-8 number system used in digital computing. Unlike the decimal system which uses ten digits (0-9), and the binary system which uses two (0 and 1), the octal system uses eight digits: 0 through 7. Each position in an octal number represents a power of 8.

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