greetings
greet·ings/ˈɡɹiːtɪŋz/interjection, noun
greetings is spelled G-R-E-E-T-I-N-G-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables (greet·ings). It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, greetings means “Hello” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in greetings?
| Letters | 9: G-R-E-E-T-I-N-G-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: greet·ings |
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is greetings?
Greetings appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th 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 greetings?
- /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋz/
Greetings has 2 syllables, split greet·ings in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-greetings.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does greetings mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Hello.
noun
- 1
plural of greeting
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Greetings in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense formal way of saying "hello":
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.