splits
/splɪts/noun, verb
splits is spelled S-P-L-I-T-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, splits means “A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body, either to the sides or in front and behind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of splits is the splits.
How many letters and syllables are in splits?
| Letters | 6: S-P-L-I-T-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th 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 splits?
Splits appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th 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 splits?
- /splɪts/
Splits 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-splits.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of splits
- the splits plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does splits mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body, either to the sides or in front and behind.
- 2
plural of split
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of split
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Splits in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense manoeuvre, acrobatic feat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | grand écart |
| German | Spagat |
| Portuguese | espacate |
| Spanish | espagar, spagat |
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.