directions
/dɪˈɹɛk.ʃənz/noun
directions is spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, directions means “Instructions for how to reach a destination or how to do something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in directions?
| Letters | 10: D-I-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 directions?
Directions appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 directions?
- US /dɪˈɹɛk.ʃənz/
- US /daɪˈɹɛk.ʃənz/
- Australia /dɪˈɹek.ʃənz/
Directions has 3 syllables (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-us-directions.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with directions?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as directions (/ɛkʃənz/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: discretion.
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).
What does directions mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Instructions for how to reach a destination or how to do something
Please follow the attached directions when assembling these shelves.
- 2
plural of direction
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Directions in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense instructions:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mode d'emploi |
| German | Anweisungen |
| Spanish | instrucciones, indicaciones |
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.