smartphone
/ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/noun
smartphone is spelled S-M-A-R-T-P-H-O-N-E: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, smartphone means “A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a feature phone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of smartphone is smartphones.
How many letters and syllables are in smartphone?
| Letters | 10: S-M-A-R-T-P-H-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is smartphone?
Smartphone appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 smartphone?
- UK /ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/
- US /ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/
Smartphone has 2 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: En-us-smartphone.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with smartphone
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: smart phone (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of smartphone
- smartphones plural
- smart phone
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does smartphone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a feature phone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Smartphone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense electronic handheld device:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | smartphone, ordiphone, supertéléphone, téléphone intelligent |
| German | Smartphone |
| Portuguese | smartphone |
| Spanish | teléfono inteligente |
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 smartphone come from?
From smart + phone; first usage in the mid-1990s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).