pictures
/ˈpɪk.(t)ʃɚz/noun, verb
pictures is spelled P-I-C-T-U-R-E-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 83 times per million words in written English, the 1,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pictures means “cinema, movie theatre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pictures?
| Letters | 8: P-I-C-T-U-R-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 83 times per million words; the 1,272nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 pictures?
Pictures appears 83 times per million words in written English, the 1,272nd 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 pictures?
- UK /ˈpɪk.(t)ʃəz/
- US /ˈpɪk.(t)ʃɚz/
Pictures 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: En-us-pictures.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pictures?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pictures (/ɪkʃəɹz/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: crepitus.
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).
What does pictures mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandUKcinema, movie theatre
We go to the pictures every Saturday night.
- 2
plural of picture
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of picture
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).