math
/mæθ/noun, verb
math is spelled M-A-T-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,288th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, math means “Clipping of mathematics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of math is maths.
How many letters and syllables are in math?
| Letters | 4: M-A-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 28 times per million words; the 3,288th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 math?
Math appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,288th 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 math?
- US /mæθ/
- /mat/
As a noun (“A mowing; what is gathered from mowing”): /mæθ/, /mɑːθ/.
As a noun (“Clipping of matha”): /mʌt/, /mɑːt/.
Math 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-math.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with math
Also written: mathematics.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with math?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as math from its last stressed vowel (/æθ/):
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).
Forms of math
- maths plural, UK, present, singular, he/she/it
- mathing participle, present
- mathed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does math mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSinformalClipping of mathematics.
- 2
CanadaUSinformalArithmetic calculations; (see do the math).
If you do the math, you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.
- 3
CanadaUSinformalA math course or class.
They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate.
- 4
archaicA mowing; what is gathered from mowing.
- 5
Clipping of matha.
verb
- 1
colloquialinformalTo perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math
- 2
slangTo add up, compute; (by extension) to make sense.
Wait. This doesn't make sense. I mean, the math is not mathing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Math in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense short form of mathematics:
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.
Where does math come from?
Clipping of mathematics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).