people's
/ˈpiːpəlz/adjective
people's is spelled P-E-O-P-L-E-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, people's means “Considered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in people's?
| Letters | 7: P-E-O-P-L-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 48 times per million words; the 2,113th 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 people's?
People's appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th 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 people's?
- /ˈpiːpəlz/
People's 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-people's.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does people's mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Considered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite.
- 2
In certain socialist states: of, from, or controlled (at least in name) by the common people rather than a ruling elite.
the People's Liberation Army
- 3
derogatoryUsed to label a state as secretly authoritarian or totalitarian regardless of its government.
the People's United States of America
- 4
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, -'s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
People's in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, from, or controlled by the common people:
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.