news
/nuːz/noun
news is spelled N-E-W-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 275 times per million words in written English, the 347th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, news means “New information of interest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in news?
| Letters | 4: N-E-W-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 275 times per million words; the 347th 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; 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 news?
News appears 275 times per million words in written English, the 347th 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 news?
- UK /njuːz/
- US /nuːz/
- US [nɪu̯z]
News has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: News.ogg, En-us-news.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with news?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as news from its last stressed vowel (/uz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: snew.
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 news
- newses present, singular, he/she/it
- newsing participle, present
- newsed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does news mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
New information of interest.
Is there any news about the storm?
- 2
Information about current events disseminated by the media.
Did you hear/read/see the latest news?
- 3
Messages posted on newsgroups.
- 4
plural of new
verb
- 1
archaicTo report; to make known.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
News in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nouvelles, informations, actualités , infos, téléjournal |
| German | Neuigkeiten, Nachricht, Nachrichten, Neues |
| Portuguese | notícias , noticiário, telejornal |
| Spanish | noticia , noticias |
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 news come from?
From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) + -s (plural suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs (“news”), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”), though, unlike the English word, those cognates originated as genitives, not as plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).