moves
/muːvz/noun, verb
moves is spelled M-O-V-E-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, moves means “A good ability to dance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in moves?
| Letters | 5: M-O-V-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 39 times per million words; the 2,523rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is moves?
Moves appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd 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 moves?
- /muːvz/
Moves has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-moves.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does moves mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A good ability to dance.
Check out the guy on the dancefloor, he's got seriously good moves.
- 2
plural of move
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of move
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Moves in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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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.