gps
/d͡ʒiˈpi.es/noun
gps is spelled G-P-S: 3 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gps means “plural of gp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gps?
| Letters | 3: G-P-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,784th 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 gps?
Gps appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th 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 gps?
- US /d͡ʒiˈpi.es/
Gps 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).
What does gps mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of gp
noun
- 1
Initialism of global positioning system (“any satellite navigation system”).
- 2
Ellipsis of GPS receiver.
- 3
Any satellite navigation receiver.
- 4
Initialism of Goodpasture syndrome.
- 5
Initialism of geometric product specifications.
verb
- 1
To locate something using a GPS system.
noun
- 1
plural of GP
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gps in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Global Positioning System:
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.