edges
/ˈɛd͡ʒɪz/noun, verb
edges is spelled E-D-G-E-S: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, edges means “The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in edges?
| Letters | 5: E-D-G-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,138th 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 edges?
Edges appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th 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 edges?
- /ˈɛd͡ʒɪz/
Edges 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: En-us-edges.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with edges?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as edges.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sedge.
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 edges mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of edge
- 2
The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of edge
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).