debs
noun
debs is spelled D-E-B-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Debs, the name). As a noun, debs means “A debutante ball or debut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of debs is debses.
How many letters and syllables are in debs?
| Letters | 4: D-E-B-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th 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 debs?
Debs appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Debs, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce debs?
- US
Debs 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)-Wodencafe-debs.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of debs
- debses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does debs mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA debutante ball or debut.
- 2
plural of deb
noun
- 1
plural of DEB
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does debs come from?
Clipping of debutante or debut + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).