brains
/bɹeɪnz/noun, verb
brains is spelled B-R-A-I-N-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brains means “The substance of a brain, as a material or foodstuff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in brains?
| Letters | 6: B-R-A-I-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,347th 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 brains?
Brains appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th 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 brains?
- /bɹeɪnz/
Brains 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-us-brains.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does brains mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The substance of a brain, as a material or foodstuff.
- 2
informalThe figurative substance of a brain: mental ability, intelligence.
Sadly, I got my brains from my mom and my looks from the mailman.
- 3
informalThe intelligent person or people in a group: the director, planner, administrator, etc.
Who's the brains behind this operation?
- 4
plural of brain
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of brain
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Brains in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cervelle |
| Spanish | seso, sesera, mollera, entendederas |
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.