goods
/ɡʊdz/noun, verb
goods is spelled G-O-O-D-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 40 times per million words in written English, the 2,487th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, goods means “That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in goods?
| Letters | 5: G-O-O-D-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 40 times per million words; the 2,487th 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 goods?
Goods appears 40 times per million words in written English, the 2,487th 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 goods?
- US /ɡʊdz/
Goods 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-goods.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with goods
Also written: goods train.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with goods?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as goods from its last stressed vowel (/ʊdz/):
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 goods mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
- 2
UKFreight, as opposed to passengers.
- 3
UKEllipsis of goods train.
- 4
informalSomething authentic, important, or revealing.
- 5
slangThe female body, especially when seen as desirable.
- 6
slangThe male genitals.
- 7
informalA person or animal, etc., with reference to its characteristics.
- 8
plural of good
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of good
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate goods?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of goods: gds.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Goods in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that which is produced, traded, bought or sold:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | biens, produit, marchandise |
| German | Güter, Ware |
| Portuguese | bens, mercadoria, produtos |
| Spanish | géneros, bienes |
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.