ladies
/ˈleɪ.diz/noun
ladies is spelled L-A-D-I-E-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 44 times per million words in written English, the 2,290th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ladies means “An initial hand consisting of a pair of queens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ladies?
| Letters | 6: L-A-D-I-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 44 times per million words; the 2,290th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 ladies?
Ladies appears 44 times per million words in written English, the 2,290th 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 ladies?
- /ˈleɪ.diz/
Ladies 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-ladies.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ladies?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ladies.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sailed, aisled.
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 ladies mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of lady
- 2
obsoletegenitive of lady
- 3
slangAn initial hand consisting of a pair of queens.
- 4
UKA ladies' room: a lavatory intended for use by women.
Pardon me, I need to visit the ladies.
noun
- 1
plural of Lady
- 2
IrelandobsoleteClipping of ladies' team, used in club names, as in [Club Name] Ladies.
Arsenal Ladies and Chelsea Ladies are the biggest women's football teams in England.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ladies come from?
As a lavatory for women, via misspelling of ladies'. Compare gents.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).