boards
/bɔːɹdz/noun, verb
boards is spelled B-O-A-R-D-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boards means “A stage (as in a theater)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in boards?
| Letters | 6: B-O-A-R-D-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 20 times per million words; the 4,224th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is boards?
Boards appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th 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 boards?
- UK /bɔːdz/
- US /bɔːɹdz/
- /bo(ː)ɹdz/
Boards 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-boards.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with boards?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as boards from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹdz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: adorbs, adsorb.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does boards mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA stage (as in a theater).
- 2
Structure around a rink for ice hockey.
- 3
informalA hardcover binding on a book.
His new novel just came out in boards. The paperback will follow in about a year.
- 4
Examinations given for entry to college or to qualify for a profession.
- 5
plural of board
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of board
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boards in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense examination:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | comentários |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does boards come from?
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).