goals
/ɡoʊlz/adjective, noun, verb
goals is spelled G-O-A-L-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 89 times per million words in written English, the 1,191st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, goals means “Extremely admirable; worthy of being set as a goal and emulated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in goals?
| Letters | 5: G-O-A-L-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 89 times per million words; the 1,191st 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 goals?
Goals appears 89 times per million words in written English, the 1,191st 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 goals?
- US /ɡoʊlz/
- UK /ɡəʊlz/
- UK /ɡɔʊlz/
Goals 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-us-goals.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with goals?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as goals from its last stressed vowel (/oʊlz/):
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 goals
- more goals comparative
- most goals superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does goals mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Extremely admirable; worthy of being set as a goal and emulated.
Your relationship is goals AF!
noun
- 1
plural of goal
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of goal
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate goals?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of goals: G.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).