mews
/mjuːz/noun, verb
mews is spelled M-E-W-S: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mews means “An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mews is mewses.
How many letters and syllables are in mews?
| Letters | 4: M-E-W-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
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 mews?
Mews appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 mews?
- /mjuːz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mews.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with mews
Sounds like: muse (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with mews?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mews.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: smew.
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 mews
- mewses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mews mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKAn alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
- 2
A place where birds of prey are housed.
- 3
plural of mew
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of mew
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mews come from?
From Mewes, the name of the royal stables at Charing Cross, which is the plural of mew (“falcon cage”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).