misses
/ˈmɪsɪz/noun, verb
misses is spelled M-I-S-S-E-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “misses vs missus” about 260 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, misses means “A range of clothing sizes for women of average height and build” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of misses is misseses.
How many letters and syllables are in misses?
| Letters | 6: M-I-S-S-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.1 times per million words; the 8,918th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 misses?
Misses appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th 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 misses?
- /ˈmɪsɪz/
- /ˈmɪsəz/
Misses 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-misses.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with misses
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: missus.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of misses
- misseses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does misses mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of miss
- 2
A range of clothing sizes for women of average height and build.
- 3
Alternative spelling of missus (“Mrs; wife”).
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of miss
noun
- 1
Eye dialect spelling of Mrs; alternative spelling of Missus.
- 2
plural of Miss
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).