clubs
/klʌbz/noun, verb
clubs is spelled C-L-U-B-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, clubs means “Alternative form of clumps (“game of asking questions”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in clubs?
| Letters | 5: C-L-U-B-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,941st 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 clubs?
Clubs appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st 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 clubs?
- /klʌbz/
- /klʊbz/
Clubs 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-clubs.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with clubs
Also written: clumps.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does clubs mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of clumps (“game of asking questions”).
- 2
One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
- 3
An apparatus, consisting of a set of two clubs.
- 4
An apparatus program with clubs.
- 5
plural of club
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of club
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Clubs in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣:
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.