smalls
/smɔlz/noun, verb
smalls is spelled S-M-A-L-L-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, smalls means “Underwear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in smalls?
| Letters | 6: S-M-A-L-L-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is smalls?
Smalls appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th 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 smalls?
- UK /smɔːlz/
- US /smɔlz/
- /smɑlz/
Smalls has one syllable (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-au-smalls.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-smalls.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with smalls?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as smalls from its last stressed vowel (/ɔlz/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does smalls mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CommonwealthIrelandUKinformalUnderwear.
He's in the garden hanging his smalls on the washing line.
- 2
Small goods.
- 3
datedThe preliminary examination for a degree.
- 4
informalEllipsis of small ads.
- 5
plural of small
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of small
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does smalls come from?
From small.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).