innards
noun
innards is spelled I-N-N-A-R-D-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, innards means “The internal organs of a human or animal; especially viscera, intestines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in innards?
| Letters | 7: I-N-N-A-R-D-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th 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 innards?
Innards appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 innards?
- US
Innards has 2 syllables (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-innards.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does innards mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The internal organs of a human or animal; especially viscera, intestines.
- 2
The inner workings of something; the insides or guts.
He took the cover off his computer and looked at the innards.
- 3
plural of innard
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Innards in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense internal organs:
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 innards come from?
Alteration of inwards.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).