briefs
/bɹiːfs/noun, verb
briefs is spelled B-R-I-E-F-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, briefs means “A very short, close-fitting type of underpants” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in briefs?
| Letters | 6: B-R-I-E-F-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th 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 briefs?
Briefs appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 briefs?
- /bɹiːfs/
Briefs 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)-Flame,_not_lame-briefs.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of briefs
- brief
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does briefs mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A very short, close-fitting type of underpants.
- 2
Swimming briefs.
- 3
AustraliainformalMale underpant bikini briefs.
- 4
An adult diaper.
- 5
plural of brief
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of brief
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Briefs in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense male underwear:
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.