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geez

/d͡ʒiːz/interjection, noun

geez is spelled G-E-E-Z: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “geez vs jeez” about 20 times a month (Bing, United States). As an interjection, geez means “An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in geez?

Letters4: G-E-E-Z
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).

How common is geez?

Geez appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th 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 geez?

  • /d͡ʒiːz/

As a noun (“Informal address to a male”): /ɡiːz/.

Geez 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-au-geez.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-geez.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with geez

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

geez vs jeez20 B

Also written: geeze, jeez, jeeze.

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of geez

  • geeze
  • jeez
  • jeeze

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does geez mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

interjection

  1. 1

    An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration.

    Geez, that was one heck of a week.

noun

  1. 1

    IrelandUKslangInformal address to a male.

    Hi geez, you alright?

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Geez in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchciel, mon Dieu, Dieu, Sainte Vierge, bon sang (exclamation denoting surprise or frustration)
Germanjessas (exclamation denoting surprise or frustration), Jesses (exclamation of fright)
PortugueseJesus!, Gzuis (exclamation denoting surprise or frustration), credo!, cruzes! (exclamation of fright)
Spanish¡Jesús! (exclamation denoting surprise or frustration), ostras, caramba (exclamation of incredulity)

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 geez come from?

A minced oath from the word Jesus.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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