baths
/bæθs/noun, verb
baths is spelled B-A-T-H-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, baths means “A building containing a public swimming pool or shower facilities; originally a place having individual cubicles where people without bathrooms could…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in baths?
| Letters | 5: B-A-T-H-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is baths?
Baths appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th 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 baths?
- UK /bɑːðz/
- UK /bɑːθs/
- US /bæθs/
Baths has one syllable (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: En-uk-baths.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does baths mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA building containing a public swimming pool or shower facilities; originally a place having individual cubicles where people without bathrooms could have a bath.
There is a baths on the other side of the road.
- 2
plural of bath
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of bath
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).