regards
re·gards/ɹɪˈɡɑɹdz/noun, verb
regards is spelled R-E-G-A-R-D-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables (re·gards). It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, regards means “A greeting to pass on to another person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in regards?
| Letters | 7: R-E-G-A-R-D-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: re·gards |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 regards?
Regards appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 regards?
- US /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdz/
- UK /ɹɪˈɡɑːdz/
Regards has 2 syllables, split re·gards in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-regards.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with regards?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as regards from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹdz/):
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 regards
- regds.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does regards mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A greeting to pass on to another person.
Give my regards to your brother when you next see him.
- 2
A greeting at the end of a letter or e-mail communication.
Regards, John. Kind regards, Peter.
- 3
plural of regard
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of regard
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate regards?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of regards: regds., rgds.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Regards in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | respects , cordialement |
| German | Gruß, Grüße , mit freundlichen Grüßen, viele Grüße, beste Grüße |
| Portuguese | lembranças , cordialmente, com apreço |
| Spanish | saludos , saludos cordiales, cordialmente, saludos cariñosos |
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.