looks
/lʊks/noun, verb
looks is spelled L-O-O-K-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 229 times per million words in written English, the 437th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, looks means “One's appearance or attractiveness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in looks?
| Letters | 5: L-O-O-K-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 229 times per million words; the 437th 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 looks?
Looks appears 229 times per million words in written English, the 437th 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 looks?
- /lʊks/
Looks 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-looks.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does looks mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One's appearance or attractiveness.
His charm and good looks accounted for much of his popularity in the polls.
- 2
plural of look
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of look
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Looks in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense appearance:
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.