eyeglasses
/ˈaɪ.ɡlæsɪz/noun
eyeglasses is spelled E-Y-E-G-L-A-S-S-E-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, eyeglasses means “Spectacles, glasses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in eyeglasses?
| Letters | 10: E-Y-E-G-L-A-S-S-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th 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 eyeglasses?
Eyeglasses appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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 eyeglasses?
- US /ˈaɪ.ɡlæsɪz/
Eyeglasses has 3 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)-Persent101-eyeglasses.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of eyeglasses
- eyeglass
- eye-glasses
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eyeglasses mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USSpectacles, glasses.
- 2
Plural of eyeglass.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does eyeglasses come from?
From eye + glasses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).