lots
/lɑts/noun, adverb, verb
lots is spelled L-O-T-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 76 times per million words in written English, the 1,394th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lots means “plural of lot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lots?
| Letters | 4: L-O-T-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 76 times per million words; the 1,394th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 lots?
Lots appears 76 times per million words in written English, the 1,394th 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 lots?
- US /lɑts/
- UK /lɒts/
Lots 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-lots.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lots?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lots from its last stressed vowel (/ɑts/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lost, slot.
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 lots mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of lot
The men cast lots.
- 2
colloquialA lot; a great deal; tons; loads.
Lots of the ways you can help are really easy.
adverb
- 1
colloquialA great deal; very much.
I feel lots better about it now that we've talked.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of lot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).