gods
/ɡɑdz/interjection, noun, verb
gods is spelled G-O-D-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, gods means “Ellipsis of oh gods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gods?
| Letters | 4: G-O-D-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,612th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 gods?
Gods appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th 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 gods?
- US /ɡɑdz/
- UK /ɡɒdz/
Gods 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-gods.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gods?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gods from its last stressed vowel (/ɑdz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dogs.
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 gods mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Ellipsis of oh gods.
noun
- 1
The highest platform, or upper circle, in an auditorium.
- 2
The occupants of the gallery of a theatre.
- 3
The quadrats used by printers in throwing on the imposing stone, similar to the movement in casting dice.
- 4
plural of god
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of god
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gods come from?
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).