English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “discreditably”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for discreditably is dis-cred-itably, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
dis-cred-itably
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result dis-cred-it-ably The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Worddiscreditably
Hyphenationdis-cred-itably
Break points2
Pronunciation/dɪsˈkrɛdədəbli/
Meaning & usage

What does “discreditably” mean?

Headworddiscreditably
Pronunciation/dɪsˈkrɛdədəbli/
Word breaks

How “discreditably” is split

dis·cred·itably

For US English, the hyphenation result is dis-cred-itably. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns dis-cred-it-ably.

Quick answers

Questions about “discreditably”

How do you hyphenate “discreditably”?

In the US-English result used here, discreditably is hyphenated as dis-cred-itably.

Where can “discreditably” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

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