channels
chan·nels/ˈt͡ʃænəlz/noun, verb
channels is spelled C-H-A-N-N-E-L-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables (chan·nels). It appears 24 times per million words in written English, the 3,752nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, channels means “Formal lines of command and procedure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in channels?
| Letters | 8: C-H-A-N-N-E-L-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: chan·nels |
| In writing | 24 times per million words; the 3,752nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is channels?
Channels appears 24 times per million words in written English, the 3,752nd 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 channels?
- /ˈt͡ʃænəlz/
Channels has 2 syllables, split chan·nels in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-channels.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does channels mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Formal lines of command and procedure.
I'd love to be able to help you, but you'll have put that request through channels.
- 2
plural of channel
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of channel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).