sales
/seɪlz/noun
sales is spelled S-A-L-E-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 105 times per million words in written English, the 1,021st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sales means “The activities involved in selling goods or services” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sales?
| Letters | 5: S-A-L-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 105 times per million words; the 1,021st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 sales?
Sales appears 105 times per million words in written English, the 1,021st 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 sales?
- /seɪlz/
Sales has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sales.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sales
Sounds like: sails (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does sales mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of sale
- 2
The activities involved in selling goods or services.
He's likable and motivated: perfect for a career in sales.
- 3
The amount or value of goods and services sold.
Sales were up 12% over last year.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).