grains
/ɡɹeɪnz/noun, verb
grains is spelled G-R-A-I-N-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grains means “Pigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in grains?
| Letters | 6: G-R-A-I-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th 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 grains?
Grains appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 grains?
- /ɡɹeɪnz/
Grains 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-grains.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does grains mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Pigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer.
- 2
plural of grain
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of grain
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does grains 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).