conflab
/ˈkɒn.flæb/noun
conflab is spelled C-O-N-F-L-A-B: 7 letters and 2 syllables. As a noun, conflab means “A discussion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of conflab is conflabs.
How many letters and syllables are in conflab?
| Letters | 7: C-O-N-F-L-A-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce conflab?
- UK /ˈkɒn.flæb/
Conflab has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of conflab
- conflabs plural
- confab
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does conflab mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKinformalA discussion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does conflab come from?
Clipping of confabulation with an epenthetic l, which may be a humorous alteration done to suggest the word flab.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).