riverside
/ˈɹɪvɚˌsaɪd/noun, adjective
riverside is spelled R-I-V-E-R-S-I-D-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Riverside, the name). As a noun, riverside means “A bank or side of a river” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of riverside is riversides.
How many letters and syllables are in riverside?
| Letters | 9: R-I-V-E-R-S-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th 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 riverside?
Riverside appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Riverside, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce riverside?
- US /ˈɹɪvɚˌsaɪd/
Riverside has 3 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-riverside.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of riverside
- riversides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does riverside mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bank or side of a river.
Near-synonym: riverbank
adjective
- 1
At or near the side of a river.
Near-synonym: riparian
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Riverside in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.
Where does riverside come from?
From river + side.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).