movie
/ˈmuːvi/noun
movie is spelled M-O-V-I-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 145 times per million words in written English, the 711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, movie means “A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film; a video” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of movie is movies.
How many letters and syllables are in movie?
| Letters | 5: M-O-V-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 145 times per million words; the 711th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is movie?
Movie appears 145 times per million words in written English, the 711th 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 movie?
- /ˈmuːvi/
Movie 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: En-us-movie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of movie
- movies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does movie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaCanadaUSA recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film; a video.
- 2
A professionally made motion picture of a substantive narrative work, typically around 1 to 3 hours long, typically intended for cinema, art, entertainment, and a widespread audience; a feature film, theatrical film.
My favorite actor is starring in the new movie.
- 3
AustraliaCanadaUSA cinema; a movie theatre.
Let's go to the movies.
- 4
informalAny event, especially one that is unpleasant or tiresome.
Don't worry; this isn't the first time I've been through this movie.
- 5
slangAn extremely fun and exciting experience.
Every night with you is a movie!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Movie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense motion picture:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | film, œuvre cinématographique |
| German | Film, Spielfilm |
| Portuguese | filme |
| Spanish | película, filme |
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 movie come from?
From moving (picture) + -ie. Attested since at least 1912 (if not 1908), originally in American English.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).