lines
/laɪnz/noun, verb
lines is spelled L-I-N-E-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 89 times per million words in written English, the 1,191st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lines means “Words spoken by the actors” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lines?
| Letters | 5: L-I-N-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 89 times per million words; the 1,191st 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 lines?
Lines appears 89 times per million words in written English, the 1,191st 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 lines?
- /laɪnz/
Lines 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-lines.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lines?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lines.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lenis, lisen.
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 lines mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Words spoken by the actors.
I have yet to learn my lines.
- 2
Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
- 3
Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
- 4
A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
If you don't behave I'll give you lines
- 5
USThe reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.
- 6
A certificate of church membership.
- 7
plural of line
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of line
noun
- 1
plural of LINE
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate lines?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of lines: ll..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).