mysteries
mys·te·ries/ˈmɪst(ə)ɹiz/noun
mysteries is spelled M-Y-S-T-E-R-I-E-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables (mys·te·ries). It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mysteries means “a number of secret societies or cults” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mysteries?
| Letters | 9: M-Y-S-T-E-R-I-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: mys·te·ries |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th 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 mysteries?
Mysteries appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th 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 mysteries?
- /ˈmɪst(ə)ɹiz/
Mysteries has 3 syllables, split mys·te·ries in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-mysteries.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does mysteries mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a number of secret societies or cults
- 2
plural of mystery
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).