maths
/mæθs/noun, verb
maths is spelled M-A-T-H-S: 5 letters. It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, maths means “plural of math” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in maths?
| Letters | 5: M-A-T-H-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is maths?
Maths appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 maths?
- UK /mæθs/
- /maks/
- /mæs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-maths.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with maths
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: mathematics.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of maths
- math US
- mathematics
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does maths mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of math
- 2
CanadaCommonwealthrareClipping of mathematics.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of math
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Maths 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 maths come from?
Contraction of mathematics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).