mends
/mɛndz/noun, verb
mends is spelled M-E-N-D-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mends means “Recompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mends?
| Letters | 5: M-E-N-D-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th 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; 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 mends?
Mends appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th 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 mends?
- US /mɛndz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-mends.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mends?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mends from its last stressed vowel (/ɛndz/):
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 mends mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandRecompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin.
- 2
obsoleteSomething given as compensation.
- 3
ScotlandobsoleteA means of making restoration or reparation; a remedy.
- 4
ScotlandRepair, restoration; also, healing, recovery.
- 5
plural of mend
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of mend
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mends come from?
From mend (noun, verb) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).