ducks
/dʌks/noun, verb
ducks is spelled D-U-C-K-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ducks means “A pair of twos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ducks?
| Letters | 5: D-U-C-K-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 ducks?
Ducks appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 ducks?
- /dʌks/
Ducks 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: En-us-ducks.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with ducks
Sounds like: dux (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does ducks mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA pair of twos.
- 2
UKDear (used as a pet name).
Hello ducks, how are you today?
- 3
The light trousers worn by sailors in hot climates.
- 4
plural of duck
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of duck
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ducks come from?
From the shape of the numeral 2, looking like the profile of a duck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).