holmes
noun
holmes is spelled H-O-L-M-E-S: 6 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, holmes means “An informal term of address, like man or dude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in holmes?
| Letters | 6: H-O-L-M-E-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 |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is holmes?
Holmes 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 holmes?
- US
Holmes 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-holmes.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with holmes
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: homes.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of holmes
- homes
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does holmes mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangAn informal term of address, like man or dude.
Hey, holmes! What's up?
- 2
plural of holme
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does holmes come from?
Possibly from homeboy + -s (hypocoristic suffix), with the spelling influenced by Sherlock Holmes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).