cheers
/t͡ʃɪəz/verb, interjection, noun
cheers is spelled C-H-E-E-R-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,778th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, cheers means “To say "cheers" as a toast (to someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cheers?
| Letters | 6: C-H-E-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,778th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 cheers?
Cheers appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,778th 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 cheers?
- UK /t͡ʃɪəz/
- British /t͡ʃɪːz/
- British /t͡ʃɪjəz/
Cheers 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-uk-cheers.ogg, En-us-cheers.ogg, EN-AU_ck1_cheers.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with cheers
Also written: cheers my dears.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with cheers?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cheers from its last stressed vowel (/ɪəz/, British pronunciation):
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).
Forms of cheers
- cheerses present, singular, he/she/it
- cheersing participle, present
- cheersed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cheers mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To say "cheers" as a toast (to someone).
- 2
third-person singular simple present indicative of cheer
interjection
- 1
A common toast used when drinking in company.
- 2
Commonwealthinformalgoodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.
- 3
CommonwealthinformalThank you.
noun
- 1
plural of cheer
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cheers in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | à votre santé, santé, tchin-tchin , à plus, salut, ciao |
| German | prost, zum Wohl , tschüss , danke |
| Portuguese | saúde, tim tim , tchau , valeu |
| Spanish | salud, chinchín , nos vemos , gracias |
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.