returns
re·turns/ɹɪˈtɝnz/noun, verb
returns is spelled R-E-T-U-R-N-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables (re·turns). It appears 40 times per million words in written English, the 2,487th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, returns means “Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in returns?
| Letters | 7: R-E-T-U-R-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: re·turns |
| In writing | 40 times per million words; the 2,487th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is returns?
Returns appears 40 times per million words in written English, the 2,487th 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 returns?
- UK /ɹɪˈtɜːnz/
- US /ɹɪˈtɝnz/
Returns has 2 syllables, split re·turns in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-returns.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does returns mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.
- 2
A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco.
- 3
The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.
- 4
The return of the soldiers fit for duty.
- 5
plural of return
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of return
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Returns in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unsold merchandise returned to the supplier:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Retouren |
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.