shoulders
shoul·ders/ˈʃoʊldɚz/noun, verb
shoulders is spelled S-H-O-U-L-D-E-R-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables (shoul·ders). It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,309th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shoulders means “The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shoulders?
| Letters | 9: S-H-O-U-L-D-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: shoul·ders |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,309th 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 shoulders?
Shoulders appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,309th 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 shoulders?
- US /ˈʃoʊldɚz/
- UK /ˈʃəʊldəz/
Shoulders has 2 syllables, split shoul·ders in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-shoulders.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does shoulders mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of shoulder
- 2
The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back.
- 3
Capacity for bearing a task or blame.
The responsibility for the job was placed on his shoulders.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of shoulder
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).