guys
/ɡaɪz/noun, verb
guys is spelled G-U-Y-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 257 times per million words in written English, the 373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, guys means “plural of guy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in guys?
| Letters | 4: G-U-Y-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 257 times per million words; the 373rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 guys?
Guys appears 257 times per million words in written English, the 373rd 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 guys?
- /ɡaɪz/
Guys 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-guys.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with guys
Sounds like: guise (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does guys mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of guy
- 2
colloquialUsed to address a group of people regardless of gender.
Hi guys!
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of guy
noun
- 1
plural of Guy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).