greens
/ɡɹiːnz/noun, verb
greens is spelled G-R-E-E-N-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, greens means “Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in greens?
| Letters | 6: G-R-E-E-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th 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 greens?
Greens appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th 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 greens?
- /ɡɹiːnz/
Greens 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-greens.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does greens mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.
salad greens
- 2
Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.
starches, meats, and greens
- 3
Leafy plants that are used for decoration.
Yuletide greens
- 4
The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps.
- 5
plural of green
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of green
noun
- 1
plural of Green
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Greens in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense leaves of certain edible green plants:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | légumes verts |
| German | Blattgemüse |
| Portuguese | verdura |
| Spanish | verduras |
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.
Where does greens come from?
From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten (“vegetable”), West Frisian grienten (“vegetables, greens”), Dutch groenten (“vegetables, greens”), German Low German Gröönten (“vegetables, greens”), Danish grøntsager (“vegetables”), Swedish grönsaker (“vegetables”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).