respects
/ɹɪˈspɛkts/noun, verb
respects is spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, respects means “regards or respect expressed for a deceased person, usually at the same time as offering condolences to other mourners” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in respects?
| Letters | 8: R-E-S-P-E-C-T-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th 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 respects?
Respects appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 respects?
- /ɹɪˈspɛkts/
Respects 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-respects.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does respects mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of respect
- 2
regards or respect expressed for a deceased person, usually at the same time as offering condolences to other mourners.
Please come to the funeral service and pay your last respects to her grandmother.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of respect
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).