blazes
/ˈbleɪzɪz/noun, adverb, interjection, verb
blazes is spelled B-L-A-Z-E-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blazes means “hell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in blazes?
| Letters | 6: B-L-A-Z-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd 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 blazes?
Blazes appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd 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 blazes?
- /ˈbleɪzɪz/
Blazes has 2 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)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-blazes.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does blazes mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
hell
Where the blazes were you?
- 2
plural of blaze
adverb
- 1
slanghellishly, extremely
It gets blazes hot here in the summer.
interjection
- 1
Expression of frustration, shock, or both.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of blaze
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).