dives
/ˈdaɪvz/noun, verb
dives is spelled D-I-V-E-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dives means “plural of dive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dives?
| Letters | 5: D-I-V-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th 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 dives?
Dives appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th 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 dives?
- /ˈdaɪvz/
Dives 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-dives.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does dives mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of dive
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of dive
noun
- 1
A rich person who lives in luxury.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).