ms
/ɛmz/noun
ms is spelled M-S: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 47 times per million words in written English, the 2,153rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ms means “plural of m” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ms is mss or mss..
How many letters and syllables are in ms?
| Letters | 2: M-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 47 times per million words; the 2,153rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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 ms?
Ms appears 47 times per million words in written English, the 2,153rd 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 ms?
- /ɛmz/
Ms 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-Ms.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-ms..wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-ms.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with ms
Sounds like: miz, mizz (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with ms?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ms from its last stressed vowel (/ɪz/):
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 ms
- mss plural
- ms.
- mss. plural
- m's
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ms mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of m
- 2
Abbreviation of manuscript.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of manuscript.
- 2
Initialism of mint state, a grading term.
- 3
M/S: Initialism of motor ship.
- 4
Initialism of morphine sulfate.
- 5
Initialism of mitral stenosis.
- 6
Initialism of multiple sclerosis.
- 7
Initialism of Master of Science.
- 8
Initialism of middle school.
noun
- 1
Title used before an adult woman's name or surname, especially when it is not desired or possible to indicate her marital status with Miss or Mrs.
Ms Jane Doe; Ms. Roe
- 2
Title used for a woman before a place, name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent.
Ms Efficiency and Ms Right
- 3
Abbreviation of mesyl.
- 4
plural of M
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ms in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense title:
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 ms come from?
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).