memoirs
/ˈmɛmˌwɑɹz/noun
memoirs is spelled M-E-M-O-I-R-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, memoirs means “An autobiography” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in memoirs?
| Letters | 7: M-E-M-O-I-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st 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 memoirs?
Memoirs appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st 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 memoirs?
- US /ˈmɛmˌwɑɹz/
Memoirs has 2 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-memoirs.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does memoirs mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of memoir
- 2
An autobiography.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).