message
mes·sage/ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/noun, verb
message is spelled M-E-S-S-A-G-E, 2 syllables: mes·sage. The wrong spelling people search most is messege: about 510 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 40 of all searches for the word. Message is a noun meaning “A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed”. The plural of message is messages.
How many letters and syllables are in message?
| Letters | 7: M-E-S-S-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mes·sage |
| In writing | 100 times per million words; the 1,076th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 3; the most searched, messege, about 510 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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 do you spell message?
Message is spelled M-E-S-S-A-G-E. 3 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 22 of the searches for message in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is message?
Message appears 100 times per million words in written English, the 1,076th 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 message?
- UK /ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/
- US /ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/
- US /ˈmɛs.ədʒ/
Message has 2 syllables, split mes·sage in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-message.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with message
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of message
- messages plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- msg
- messaging participle, present
- messaged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does message mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
We've just received an urgent message from the President.
- 2
An errand.
- 3
IrelandScotlandAn errand to a shop, a shopping expedition; an item of shopping; (in plural) groceries.
- 4
An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
The main message of the novel is that time heals all wounds.
verb
- 1
To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.
Just message me for directions.
- 2
To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.
She messaged me the information yesterday.
- 3
To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.
We've implemented a new messaging service.
- 4
obsoleteTo bear as a message.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate message?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of message: msg, msg..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Message in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | message |
| German | Nachricht, Botschaft, Mitteilung , schreiben |
| Portuguese | mensagem , mandar uma mensagem , moral |
| Spanish | mensaje, recado , enviar un mensaje, mensajear |
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 message come from?
From Middle English message, from Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”). Partially displaced Old English ærende (whence errand).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).