heels
/hiːlz/noun
heels is spelled H-E-E-L-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, heels means “High-heeled shoes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in heels?
| Letters | 5: H-E-E-L-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th 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 heels?
Heels appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 heels?
- /hiːlz/
Heels 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-heels.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does heels mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
High-heeled shoes.
She wore a short skirt and heels.
- 2
plural of heel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).