heavens

heav·ens/ˈhɛvənz/noun, interjection, verb

heavens is spelled H-E-A-V-E-N-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables (heav·ens). It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, heavens means “The distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in heavens?

Letters	7: H-E-A-V-E-N-S
Syllables	2: heav·ens
In writing	5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd 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 heavens?

Heavens appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce heavens?

/ˈhɛvənz/
[ˈhɛvn̩z]

Heavens has 2 syllables, split heav·ens in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-heavens.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What does heavens mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
The distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars.
2
plural of heaven: the abode of God or the gods; the abode of the blessed departed. (a form of heaven)
3
rareplural of heaven: the near sky of the weather, etc. (a form of heaven)
4
rareplural of heaven the will of God or the gods, Providence. (a form of heaven the will of God or the gods, Providence)

interjection

1
An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.

verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of heaven (a form of heaven)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Heavens in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	cieux (the sky), sapristi (expression of surprise)
German	Himmel (the sky), sapperlot (expression of surprise)
Portuguese	céu (the sky), céus!, credo!, santo Deus! (expression of surprise)
Spanish	¡cielos! (expression of surprise), alturas (the abode of God)

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.