interests
in·ter·ests/ˈɪn.t(ə.)ɹɪsts/noun, verb
interests is spelled I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables (in·ter·ests). It appears 46 times per million words in written English, the 2,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, interests means “The persons interested in any particular business or cause, taken collectively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in interests?
| Letters | 9: I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: in·ter·ests |
| In writing | 46 times per million words; the 2,204th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is interests?
Interests appears 46 times per million words in written English, the 2,204th 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 interests?
- /ˈɪn.t(ə.)ɹɪsts/
- /ˈɪn.tɹɛsts/
Interests has 3 syllables, split in·ter·ests in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-interests.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with interests?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as interests.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: triteness.
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).
What does interests mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The persons interested in any particular business or cause, taken collectively.
the coal-mining interests
- 2
plural of interest
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of interest
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).