earphones
noun
earphones is spelled E-A-R-P-H-O-N-E-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, earphones means “A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in earphones?
| Letters | 9: E-A-R-P-H-O-N-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th 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 earphones?
Earphones appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th 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 earphones?
Earphones has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-earphones.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does earphones mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.
- 2
plural of earphone
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Earphones in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small speakers worn over the ears:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | écouteurs |
| German | Ohrhörer |
| Portuguese | fones, auriculares, fones de ouvido |
| Spanish | auriculares, audífonos |
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.
Where does earphones come from?
Plural of earphone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).