anyways
/ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/adverb
anyways is spelled A-N-Y-W-A-Y-S: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “anyway vs anyways” about 880 times a month (Google, United States). As an adverb, anyways means “In any way or respect, at all” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in anyways?
| Letters | 7: A-N-Y-W-A-Y-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,674th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is anyways?
Anyways appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce anyways?
- /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
Anyways has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-anyways.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-anyways.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with anyways
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of anyways
- anyway
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anyways mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
rareIn any way or respect, at all.
- 2
CanadaUSinformalAnyway, anyhow, in any case.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does anyways come from?
From any + adverbial genitive of way (compare always).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).