columns
col·umns/ˈkɑləmz/noun
columns is spelled C-O-L-U-M-N-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables (col·umns). It appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, columns means “pattern which involves throwing props in the air alternately” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in columns?
| Letters | 7: C-O-L-U-M-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: col·umns |
| In writing | 9.3 times per million words; the 7,445th 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 columns?
Columns appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th 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 columns?
- US /ˈkɑləmz/
- UK /ˈkɒləmz/
Columns has 2 syllables, split col·umns in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-columns.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does columns mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of column
- 2
pattern which involves throwing props in the air alternately.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate columns?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of columns: cols..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).