mode
/moʊd/noun
mode is spelled M-O-D-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 43 times per million words in written English, the 2,339th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mode means “A particular means of accomplishing something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mode is modes.
How many letters and syllables are in mode?
| Letters | 4: M-O-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 43 times per million words; the 2,339th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mode?
Mode appears 43 times per million words in written English, the 2,339th 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 mode?
- US /moʊd/
- UK /məʊd/
- /mod/
Mode has one syllable (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: En-us-mode.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mode?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mode from its last stressed vowel (/oʊd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: demo, dome.
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 mode
- modes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mode mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A particular means of accomplishing something.
What was the mode of entry?
- 2
A state related to signals or vibrations.
common-mode
- 3
A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
longitudinal mode
- 4
One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer.
- 5
A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
airplane mode; night mode
- 6
A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
- 7
A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
- 8
That which exists only as a quality of substance.
- 9
Style or fashion; popular trend.
Her wardrobe is always in mode.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mode in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | manière, façon, mode |
| German | Art , Modus, Betriebsart , Mode |
| Portuguese | modo , moda |
| Spanish | modo, medio , moda |
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 mode come from?
From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).