strings
/stɹɪŋz/noun, verb
strings is spelled S-T-R-I-N-G-S: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, strings means “Collectively, the stringed instruments in an orchestra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in strings?
| Letters | 7: S-T-R-I-N-G-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,674th 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 strings?
Strings appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th 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 strings?
- /stɹɪŋz/
Strings 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)-Persent101-strings.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does strings mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Collectively, the stringed instruments in an orchestra.
- 2
Conditions, especially undesirable ones.
It looks like a good offer, but there are strings attached.
- 3
plural of string
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of string
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).