expanse
/ɪkˈspæns/noun
expanse is spelled E-X-P-A-N-S-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, expanse means “A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of expanse is expanses.
How many letters and syllables are in expanse?
| Letters | 7: E-X-P-A-N-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 expanse?
Expanse appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd 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 expanse?
- UK /ɪkˈspæns/
- UK /ɛkˈspæns/
- US /ɪkˈspæns/
Expanse 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-expanse.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-expanse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with expanse?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as expanse from its last stressed vowel (/æns/):
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).
Forms of expanse
- expanses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does expanse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
- 2
An amount of spread or stretch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Expanse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky:
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 expanse come from?
From Latin expansum, from expandō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).