ice cream
/ˌaɪsˈkɹiːm/noun
ice cream is spelled I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M: 8 letters and 2 syllables. As a noun, ice cream means “A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ice cream is ice creams or ice-creams.
How many letters and syllables are in ice cream?
| Letters | 8: I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you pronounce ice cream?
- UK /ˌaɪsˈkɹiːm/
- UK /ˈaɪsˌkɹiːm/
- /ˈaɪs.kɹiːm/
Ice cream has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ice_cream.wav, En-us-ice_cream.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with ice cream
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: icecream (one word or two), iced cream.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with ice cream?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ice cream from its last stressed vowel (/im/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ice cream
- ice creams plural
- ice-cream
- icecream
- ice-creams plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ice cream mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.
Strawberries are particularly delicious with ice cream.
- 2
A portion of ice cream on a stick, in a cup or in a wafer cone.
Can I have some money for an ice cream, Mum?
- 3
slangThe drug methamphetamine.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of ice cream.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ice cream in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crème glacée, glace |
| German | Eis, Eiscreme, Speiseeis |
| Portuguese | gelado, sorvete , casquinha |
| Spanish | helado, nieve, sorbete , cucurucho |
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.
Where does ice cream come from?
Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of iced cream with regular deletion of -d before a cluster, from iced + cream. Compare mash potato.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).