steve
/stiːv/verb, noun
steve is spelled S-T-E-V-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 51 times per million words in written English, the 1,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, steve means “To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in steve?
| Letters | 5: S-T-E-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 51 times per million words; the 1,993rd 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 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 steve?
Steve appears 51 times per million words in written English, the 1,993rd 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 steve?
- /stiːv/
Steve 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-Steve.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with steve
Sounds like: steeve (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of steve
- steves present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- steving participle, present
- steved participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does steve mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of STEVE (an atmospheric optical phenomenon, appearing as a ribbon of light in the sky)
noun
- 1
An aurora-like light found in southern Canada (consistently lower latitude, unlike the aurora borealis which is generally high latitude), composed of a glowing purple ribbon of light, with green spikes coming off obliquely parallel to each other, moving at about 6.5 km/s East to West. Presumably occurs in the southern hemisphere as well.
Although STEVE has been documented by amateur night sky watchers for decades, it is an exciting new upper atmospheric phenomenon for the scientific community.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of STEVE.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does steve come from?
Clipping of stevedore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).