pants
/pænts/noun, adjective, verb
pants is spelled P-A-N-T-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pants means “An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pants?
| Letters | 5: P-A-N-T-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 30 times per million words; the 3,114th 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 pants?
Pants appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,114th 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 pants?
- US /pænts/
Pants 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: En-us-pants.ogg, En-au-pants.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pants
- pant
- more pants comparative
- most pants superlative
- pantses present, singular, he/she/it
- pantsing participle, present
- pantsed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pants mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaCanadaIndiaUSAn outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
- 2
UKAn undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.
- 3
UKslangRubbish; something worthless.
You're talking pants!
- 4
plural of pant
adjective
- 1
UKslangOf inferior quality, rubbish.
Your mobile is pants – why don’t you get one like mine?
verb
- 1
To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
- 2
third-person singular simple present indicative of pant
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pants in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pantalon , caleçon, slip, culotte , déculotter |
| German | Hose , Unterhose, Schlüpfer |
| Portuguese | calças , calcinha, cueca |
| Spanish | pantalón, pantalones , braga, calzoncillo |
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.